I am here and finally awake!! We arrived to the house about 4 am on Friday morning and then slept until 2pm. We spent the rest of the day at a party with about 30 other workers (mostly Americans) who live here and in surrounding cities.
Today has been my first real exposure to the Kurdish life. We spent the morning at the local market and then went to a Kurdish restaurant for lunch. Even for a picky eater like me, it was good! I had chicken and beef kabob and rice and beans and some kind of spinach sauce, which I claimed tasted like salsa, but no one else agreed! I think it actually just LOOKED like salsa, but when you're ten thousand miles away from Ninfa's, the power of suggestion can work wonders!
Tonight, we are having a Kurdish family for dinner. This family's 6-month old daughter went to Turkey for heart surgery, but she past away after the surgery. This was just a couple of months ago.
I don't know what tomorrow will hold. Hopefully, the chance to meet more Kurdish families and more time to spend with my American friends here. It is amazing to see how they have adapted to life here, learned the language and respect the culture, and it is wonderful to see how their local friends and neighbors respect and love them, knowing it is the love of Jesus that brings them here.
Speaking the powerful name of Christ over this city...
Thanks for praying...
3 comments:
YOU ate "something like SPINACH sauce"?! Now there's proof that God is with you in a big way! Looking forward to hearing about more miracles in your time there, and about your time with that precious family last night. May His light shine so bright!
Love, Laura
So excited to read your updates and know that you are there safely! Praying for your safe journey and adventures that allow His love and light to shine through you!
Love from Dallas!
Love the updates. Praying for you!!!
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