Newroz, Part دوو

We just finished celebrating our second Kurdish New Year—or Newroz—here in Iraqi Kurdistan, and it was a great time!

If you were around for last year’s Newroz, you may remember that we had just arrived and some big-time protests were happening. But this year was much less political (though still hectic), and it was cool to see many friendly faces in the crowd.

Over the past 12 months God has blessed us with some incredible new friends; Arabs, Kurds, devout Muslims, local Christians, and the list goes on.

This city is a lot more eclectic than I realized, and it’s been a major blessing to be a part of it.