tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1528422 2009-12-04T02:50:19-06:00 Seeking to fulfill God's mandate to rescue and care for orphans in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a70b8232970b 2009-12-04T02:50:19-06:00 2009-12-04T02:50:19-06:00

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/end-of-the-year-message.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a6558371970b 2009-11-05T01:30:42-06:00 2009-11-10T11:11:43-06:00

A man stands at a gravesite. The little girl by his side sheds tears in the early morning fog of the Iraqi countryside. He has just revealed to her the harsh reality that 10 of the freshly covered graves house her mother, her father, and 8 siblings....

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/a-visit-to-manals-village.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a68a1e6c970c 2009-10-29T08:08:52-06:00 2009-10-29T08:08:52-06:00

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/progression-of-the-land.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a61a422c970b 2009-10-24T01:55:51-05:00 2009-10-24T01:57:02-05:00

Please say a prayer for us as we really get this project 'grounded' with tons and tons of concrete poured into the earth starting tomorrow morning. Here's a few pics of how things looked on Wednesday as they started putting the rebar into the soil.

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/tomorrow-were-pouring.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a61a3894970b 2009-10-24T01:39:06-05:00 2009-10-24T01:40:44-05:00

While we were at the project site a few days ago we got a chance to meet some more of the neighborhood children that had just let out from the school next door. They are enjoying clamoring over our dirt piles, sliding down the slippery rock piles,...

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/neighborhood-children.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a5f4af07970b 2009-10-19T06:49:08-05:00 2009-10-19T07:02:37-05:00

On April 1, 2009 we signed an agreement with the local government that gave us stewardship of 1 acre of land in the Freedom Martyr's Village in Soran, Iraq. Up till now, we have not had a chance to take full advantage of this tremendous opportunity, but...

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/taking-shape.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a62bab56970c 2009-10-10T01:23:07-05:00 2009-10-19T06:59:17-05:00

Download our Iraq Project Profile Flyer to get an overview of our work in Northern Iraq and how you can be involved in partnering with us to rescue orphans and widows in this land.Click here to Download Iraq Project Flyer

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/new-project-profile-flyer-for-iraq-project.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a612a4b1970c 2009-10-04T14:34:57-05:00 2009-10-06T05:28:28-05:00

Today, we opened World Orphans' First Annual Conference in Erbil, Iraq for the benefit of the orphanage directors of Iraqi Kurdistan with the help and support of Lake Pointe Church of Rockwall, Texas. It's a 3 day affair seeking to help some 20 professional care-givers to nearly...

Billy http://rescue.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/first-annual-conference-erbil-iraq.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54facfa5588330120a5e7640d970c 2009-09-23T07:10:42-05:00 2009-09-23T12:42:03-05:00

Saturday evening as the sun drifted beneath the horizon, the Muslim call to prayer sounded signifying the end of yet another Ramadan – month of fasting (food and water) during daylight hours – which seemed to spark a collective sigh of relief throughout the city. Supermarkets were...

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