Well, it finally hit me. A few nights ago, at 4 am, I sat straight up in bed and thought, "I'm going to Iraq. Huh. Are you kidding?" And then I went back to sleep and dreamed about shopping. (Which is weird, by the way, that I was dreaming about something so ordinary. Usually my dreams are about talking raisins or quadratic equations -- funny that those rhyme kind of.)
Preparing for this trip has been unlike any other experience. I feel like I should be getting some sort of a how-to manual in the next few weeks...? This just might be a defining moment in my history of adventures! Truly, I do feel that God is preparing my heart. I can't explain it, but He's been at work.
In the meantime, I'm learning all I can about the city of Arbil, where I'll be living. Arbil was once a Jewish kingdom, then became the center of Christianity (around AD 100). It wasn't until around the 13th century that it became predominately Muslim. Below are some cool pictures I found:
PDF^ Discursos de Acusação. Ao Lado das Vítimas
4 years ago
3 comments:
Yay! I'm so excited for you at this time. And you know... they have a Lebanese bakery in Arbil that has good cheeses imported from France! I'm jealous.
No way! That's gold!
Thanks for making me even more excited :)
That makes me nervous with you being so close to Mosul during the January elections.
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