A Dream, Accompany, Equip, Middle East
My mind reeled; my heart recoiled. Why would a mother plead such a tragic prayer? A friend of that mother explained. “Her prayer is not unusual. There are no lifelong options for mentally challenged orphans.” She went on, “Let me share one family’s story. When...
Accompany, Hard Place, Local Visionary, Middle East
The Desert Within… “Each one of us has a desert inside. An aching emptiness. A dry wasteland.” We sat next to a tent village overcrowded with families taking refuge from genocide. But our homeless Iraqi dreamer wasn’t just describing their agonizing...
Accompany, Equip, Invest, Middle East
Last summer, over 1.4 million Iraqi civilians fled for their lives across the Ninevah plain. They were halted at flash checkpoints. Ordered at gunpoint to drop every possession. To walk on empty handed. “Out of suffering have emergedthe strongest souls;the most...
Accompany, Buffer, Equip, Invest
Shell-shocked. Mentally challenged. And abandoned by fleeing refugees. Dumped at our dreamer’s door, her looks were alarming. Her skittishness startling. But most of all, her trauma-induced incontinence overwhelming. Her world had crumbled before her eyes. ...
Accompany, Equip, Recognize
The hearty “Congrats!” quickly changes to questioning when leaving corporate law in New York requires a move to the Middle East. “Wow. What does this non-profit organization do?” “Well, our mission is to strengthen local visionaries in...
