"Could this happen to us in America?"
That was the question from Patrick Klein
President of Vision Beyond Borders
following his recent trip to Northern Iraq.
The refugee crisis in and around Iraq is
mind-boggling. According to the United
Nations High Commission on Refugees
(UNHCR), there are more 250,000
refugees living in Iraq. There are another 426,000 refugees from Iraq. And, another 1.9 million internally displaced people (IDPs). That means there are 2.4 million people who have incredible needs in and around Iraq.
Klein just returned from visiting refugee
camps in and around Dohuk. The stories
he heard were heartbreaking. The
testimonies of Christians were amazing.
The needs of refugees, overwhelming.
President of VBB Patrick Klein says he
visited Iraqi refugees forced from their
homes in Mosul—many of them,
Christians. "Most of them have lost hope, and they're just discouraged. They say:
'Where do we go? What do we do now?
Maybe if we come to America or Europe,
we can start a new life.' I don't want to
see 300,000 Christians leave Iraq [with]
no Christian witness left in Iraq."
Many of the refugees are college
educated, middle class Iraqis who had
good jobs and bank accounts to help
support their families. That all changed
with the Islamic State started taking over in June. "There were 52,000 security forces protecting Mosul and the
surrounding area. There were 3,000 ISIS.
They believe Maliki,the former president of Iraq, told the generals to lay down their arms and surrender, and they don't know why."
When that happened, ISIS started going
from village to village forcing Christians
to leave. "A lot of [the Christians] had
Muslim neighbors they knew for 30
years. These Muslim neighbors said, 'Get out of Iraq. You don't belong here. We hate you Christians.'"

They were forced to either convert to
Islam, leave or die. "One man told us: 'I
think God is chastising us because we
forgot God. We stopped reading our
Bibles. We stopped praying. Maybe God
is using this.' He said, 'I want to tell you,
my family and I we're having devotions
together every night. We're praying
together. We're reading the Bible
together.' He said, 'We realize that all we have is Jesus.'"
According to Klein, this trip was the
hardest trip he's ever made. It forced
him to ask an important question. "I
thought: 'Could this happen to us in
America? Could we be forced with a
decision? Are we going to follow Christ or walk away from everything we own?' I
pray that the church in America would
love him passionately, that we would not lose our first love."
The spread of ISIS is also impacting
nominal Muslims who are helping
refugees. Klein says, "A lot of people—
Muslims—are saying, 'If this is what
Islam is, we don't want to be Muslims
anymore,' and they're opening up to the
gospel."
VBB is working through local churches on the ground there to provide for the
needs of refugees. They hope to fill a
shipping container. "We're going to send
hygiene supplies: shampoo, soap,
washcloths, toothbrushes, toothpaste,
basic toiletry supplies. And then, we're
also going to send in some medical
supplies: vitamins, Tylenol, bandaids and Neosporin–things like that."
Klein says you can either send in cash so VBB can purchase the supplies, or you can collect them yourself and send them to VBB's Wyoming office.
http://www.charismanews.com/world/49333-why-iraqi-s-isis-escapees-are-coming-to-christ-in-droves

And here I am living a reckless life....Jesus have mercy on me

Jesus is the answer for the world today, ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE NO MATTER THE LEVEL OF A HUMAN HE OR SHE IS A WASTE IF CHRIST DOESNT DWELL IN HIM OR HER, YOU'RE NEVER SATISFIED WITHOUT THE SAVIOUR.THAT'S BASICS EITHER HUMANITY LIKES IT OR NOT.

Hmmm...

This is a classic example of the christian god fighting against the muslim god.

While the christians are busy bemoaning their plight and blaming themselves for their god's inefficience the muslims are busy singing praises to their god for their victory over the christians.

Pitiful

blame ur xtian america for your woes

mujahid1339:
blame ur xtian america for your woes

smh

Scoffs!