Team Blog
And That’s a Wrap…
We’re on our way home now, and I thought I’d write one final post.
read morePastor Joseph
We spent a morning talking with Pastor Joseph, who is from the capital city of this country. We learned some surprising things!
read moreTaksi
Taxis – I love them, just don’t put me in one by myself!!!
read moreLessons Learned
Yesterday, my young friend Abe (who is only 22, but grew up in this city) took me to Amna Suraka, the site of a prison that was used by Saddam’s regime as a part of his genocide program against this people group.
read moreStories in Pictures
In the last few days we’ve been to the BUH-zar, joined a restaurant full of Muslims for Iftar, and visited the site of an ancient church from about 1500 years ago.
read moreLow-level Alert
We hadn’t been here half a week, when the people that were in charge of us, met with us and told us we had come into this country on a low level alert, but now it had gone up a notch.
read moreThis is how my day went
Good morning this is how my day went yesterday…
read moreSaturday Night
I’ve known about this preaching assignment for a few months now. In our team meetings last winter, we decided that before Easter we would preach from the Gospel of John, and then after the Easter weekend, we would begin a series from the book of Ephesians.
read moreFirst Impressions
Karen and I arrived here on Sunday, May 12 and it was immediately apparent that we were in a whole new world. Here are some first impressions, along with a few photos.
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