School started this month in Iraq and our team has been furiously assembling hundreds of backpacks and buying school uniforms for the kids in our Refugee Child Sponsorship Program. A very special thank you to all who donated so these kids can go to school! Since we have kids coming into the program all year, […]
Last month was very busy for our team in Northern Iraq. They engaged in food distributions in refugee camps and held meetings with singing, games and Bible lessons for the kids. Also distributed were the Trauma Kits with a 18” plush animal (pictured, right, with one of the boys) with a solar powered player with […]
PROJECT: 15 passenger van for IM work in Northern Iraq Amount needed: $25,000. Already raised: $6,100 There is more info available online about this vital project. If your church would like a bulletin insert, contact our office and we’ll email you one. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Christ to these […]
Kurdistan Iraq – The day broke with clear blue skies and the 111 degree heat soon followed. That afternoon in the week of July 23rd, the IM Iraqi team arrived at a refugee camp for a time of worship, songs and a message from the Word. Since 2014, the relationship between the church and the […]
Syrian & Iraqi Refugee Child Sponsorship Program: 160 Precious Children Sponsored! Yosif, Rita and their parents have moved back to their home village just east of Mosul. After living in a refugee camp for almost three years, they heard the government was closing their camp and packed up. Like the other kids in their neighborhood, […]
Have you joined our growing team of child sponsors? You may have had a typical spring planting flowers or breaking out your bike, but here at IM, our spring has been…well, a bit crazy! And it’s really just begun. Last fall we began our Refugee Child Sponsorship Program helping Iraqi and Syrian Refugee kids with […]
Early in the morning recently, the Indigenous Ministries Iraq team headed to a town previously occupied by ISIS, where families gathered in a large room waiting for the opportunity to enroll their children into IM’s program, which will help them as they re-settle. Hope is no small thing for these families caught in the post-war […]
Highlights: Last month was a busy month in Iraq with the ministry. First, we’re excited to announce that the Indigenous Ministries office in Kurdistan is complete. John and our team found just the right amount of new and used furniture along with office supplies for use. Next, additional staff was hired for administrative and video […]