Source: SAT-7, June 13, 2019
The world has changed since the testimony of nine-year-old Myriam went viral in 2014. In an interview with SAT-7 Producer and Director Essam Nagy, she inspired audiences around the world when she forgave ISIS for displacing her from her home in Qaraqosh, Iraq, forcing her to leave everything she knew for a refugee camp in Kurdistan.
According to UNICEF, the United Nations children’s fund, 17 million children were displaced by conflict within their own country in 2017, and 13 million more children were forced to flee to other countries for refuge.
In 2014, there were three prayers on the heart of young Myriam and God has miraculously answered all of them: going back to school, reuniting with her classmate and friend Sandra, and returning to her childhood home in Qaraqosh.
This World Refugee Day [June 20], many are wondering what they can do to make a difference. Perhaps you want to connect with an immigrant in your own community but can’t find the words. Intercede in prayer and support ministries carrying the life-changing truth of the gospel to the ends of the earth!
» Full story includes pictures and links to a documentary about Myriam, now a young teen (watch 30-minute documentary or five-minute clip).