NEXT IN LINE FOR SURGERY [Monday, May 10, 2010] Meet Nivar. She lives in Iraq and needs urgent heart surgery outside the country. Nivar has a four-fold set of heart defects known as Tetralogy of Fallot. At eight years old her growth has been stunted by lack of oxygen in her blood and subsequent lack of energy, activity, etc. But it’s not too late for Nivar. A total corrective surgery can still free her up for on-time development as she moves into her ninth birthday in September. Despite being a typist in a local office, where he makes about $250 per month, her father has gathered money from savings, friends, and family, and has $3,500 to help send Nivar to surgery! This is the kind of family ownership and buy-in that so encourages us!

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Tarza Leaves Israel

December 3, 2008 by Jeremy 

This was Rezhin and Tarza’s last week in Israel. These two girls are just precious and full of life. Every day they’ve talked about when they would get to go home to see their families. You could see the anticipation growing in them each day and never would have imagined that these two girls running around playing, recently had had heart surgery. It’s exciting to think who they will become as they return home with new hearts.

They are deeply appreciative for the nurturing care they’ve received from the staff here and truly love the women here. They made thank you notes in their  Sorani dialect for some of the staff thanking them and making sure they knew they would be missed. Last night they even invited Donna to share one last meal with them before preparing to leave.

Everyone woke up this morning freshly cleaned and with their best clothes on. Packing must have begun last night, leaving things only to be tidied up today. After waiting several hours, we all loaded up in the van mid-afternoon to start the journey home. It was a beautiful day, providing for a nice drive and great views of the country. Once at passport control things went fairly smoothly and they were able to make a couple of quick purchases from the Duty Free Shop before going outside to wait for the bus.

Sadly they faced a long wait on the other side of the border crossing, making what was already a long day that much longer. After a quick nap, they’ll awake early in the morning to head to the airport to return home.

What a privilege it has been to meet these two beautiful girls. How grateful we are that they have many more years of health and life ahead of them!

Jeremy Courtney lives and loves in Iraq as a co-founder and Executive Director of the Preemptive Love Coalition. He's also the father of two spectacular children, and married to the lovely Jessica Courtney. When not absorbed in PLC work he can be found writing songs and singing about hope and future. Follow Jeremy on Twitter: @Jeremy_Courtney.

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