Iraq, Kurdistan

Prayers for Peacemakers, 22 August 2013

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August 22, 2013

	*Epixel for 25 August 2013**

	Villagers showing site of oil well to team
	Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel. Ps. 71:4
	*epixel: a snapshot-epistle to the churches related to and appearing with a text from the upcoming Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary readings.

Prayers for Peacemakers, 22 August 2013

Pray for the villagers in the Shaqlawa
district. A U.S.-based company has
destroyed many hectares of their vineyards and orchards and blocked access to
many more. They are organizing to
develop a campaign to regain their lands.

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