Saddam Hussein gassed his own people. Chemical warfare affects more than just one generation.
There are thousands of Iraq children with deformed hearts because of what took place before they were even born.
I’m not telling you this so that you’ll be mad at Saddam, I’m telling you this so that you’ll do something.

The college ministry I’m apart of at FBC Woodway in Texas is sponsoring one child’s heart surgery by way of the Preemptive Love Coalition (PLC).
The PLC is a nonprofit organization based in Northern Iraq that finds children with heart defects and connects them with a means to afford surgery.
Here’s a video about a specific operation:

A PEAK BEHIND THE SCENES INTO MOHAMMAD STAR’S SURGERY from Preemptive Love on Vimeo.

Mohammad’s story is incredible, and our college ministry wants to raise money to pay for another child’s surgery: Soma. Here is her story…

Help SomaSoma is four months old.
Her family is among the poorest in Iraq.
Their home consists of two rooms with no kitchen, not even a sink.
They live in a town called Kalar, which is about 3 hours south east of Suly.
That is not the worst of it.
She has Ebstein disease.
It’s a heart defect that has caused thousands of children in Iraq to die.
And still more than 3,000 waiting for surgery.
If Soma doesn’t receive surgery in January, she will become inoperable.
She may then not live to the age of one or two.
Her parents and her older sister’s greatest hope is to see Soma’s heart healed.
This is where we get to help.
Right now Soma’s family is having difficulty raising funds for her heart surgery.
So, we are partnering with her family and PLC.
This way, Soma may receive this critical, potential life-saving surgery.
We have the opportunity to touch lives for the sake of the gospel in Iraq.

Do something

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Here is what you can do:

Pray and Give.

Send all checks here:

First Woodway

101 Ritchie Rd.

Waco, TX 76712

Make checks out to “First Woodway College Missions” and in the memo line put “Soma”

Baby Soma:

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