On November 12th, Brian will enter to Iraq for the
first time. The trip is exploratory in nature. God has been unfolding a dream
in our hearts to work together among the least, the lost, and the last, raising
up leaders of disciple-making movements and equipping local midwives to save
the lives of mommies and babies.
Recently we have been stirred to see if the
sprawling camps of Syrian (and other) refugees are fertile soil for what God
has put into our hearts and the talents He’s entrusted to us. Just after we
agreed to pursue this, God dropped a whole family of new cousins (Brian’s on
the maternal side) into our laps. The Pursley’s live just 14 miles from us, all
three of their kids are missionaries (Brian’s third cousins) and one goes in and
out of the camps in Northern Iraq.
Armed with inside information, Brian and a
young man named Zebulun are dropping into Kurdish-held Iraq to “spy out the land”.
Please pray for the perfect contacts, Persons of Peace, and a clear vision of
the way forward to emerge.
(We don’t feel like this will result in a permanent
move but rather shorter stays with a goal of being catalysts for grassroots movements.)
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