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While the devastation of the Turkey/Syria quake that killed over 50,000 people in February is slowly fading from international news media, the ongoing plight of the millions of homeless and displaced quake victims is still a very present reality for our team. This month the door remained open to send several volunteers across…(Read More)

On the eve of a major winter snowstorm out here, everyone in our mountain area was jolted out of bed around 320am this Monday by prolonged shaking from the earthquake centered in southern Turkey. Despite the distance from here to Turkey, the tremors reached us strong enough to wake almost the entire country and send…(Read More)

We are well into the spring of 2022 and the challenges the Lord brings are many! The economic situation in our host country continues to deteriorate. Rapid hyperinflation and wage depression, along with severe supply disruptions of wheat due to the Ukraine war, are putting everyone – Syrian refugee and local alike – into seriously…(Read More)

By God’s grace we’ve begun operating a small bakery in our mountain refugee community in recent months. We are slowly increasing our daily bread capacity, but so far have been able to make over 1,100 loaves of Arab bread a week to give to some of the 750 refugees and local poor…(Read More)

Some reading this will already know that we’ve been quietly involved these past months with assisting Afghans trying to flee the country after the bungled U.S. withdrawal that ended August 31, 2021. Since mid-August we have been in daily contact with multiple Afghan families. We have not made this public due to…(Read More)

Early this spring, our host country got hit with a true COVID wave. We know several people – all elderly – who died from COVID complications. A large amount of our own refugees we help came down with COVID. Our entire team also contracted COVID, including myself, and had a rough month of it. Thankfully,…(Read More)

The past couple months have been busy! As we’ve wrapped up port blast rebuild projects, we’ve resumed normal refugee relief and our farming projects. We have seen the Lord keep doors open, and also open new doors with new needs to help with. We are also thankful for the abundant provision from the…(Read More)

Yesterday marked the grim milestone of two months since the Beirut port blast shattered thousands of homes and upended the lives of some 300,000 Lebanese residents living in the area. People from our team have been serving the affected Lebanese almost the entirety of those two months since the blast happened. It has been…(Read More)

Active MissionsGlobal Field UpdatesMiddle EastQuake Relief - 2023

Earthquake Relief: On The Ground Reports

Mar 16 2023
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Earthquake Relief: Truck Arrived In Syria With 5 Tons Of Relief Aid

Feb 21 2023
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Earthquakes, Snowstorms & Winter Needs - Winter Aid Update 2023

Feb 9 2023
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Spurgeons' "Morning & Evening" Is Available Now In Arabic, A Major Milestone God Helped Us Reach! - Fall Translation Project Update 2022

Nov 26 2022
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Providing Food To Over 800 Monthly & Preparing For The Coming Winter Needs - Fall Direct Aid Update 2022

Nov 23 2022