Summary

I still remember that day as if it were yesterday. I sat holding my baby Maria in a neighbor’s living room, hoping we’d be safe, when the blast threw us across the floor 💥. Maria’s head bled, and I cried out to God as I raced her into surgery. Four hours later, they removed bone and glass…yet a piece of shrapnel remains in her head. For ten years, we’ve struggled—physical therapy, surgeries, fear—yet Open Doors supporters stepped in with the machines and materials we needed. Now, I see hope reborn in Syria’s rubble 🌱. I love my country, and through this project, I choose to stay and rebuild our future here ❤️.

Time Chapters

01:04 War’s Onset Explained
02:01 The Devastating Blast
03:09 Maria’s Surgery
04:46 Project and Hope

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It’s been almost 10 years since the explosion. Ani still can’t talk about the day without crying. She remembers exactly where she was—holding her baby daughter on her lap, sitting in a neighbor’s living room because she thought it would be safer than her own home. She has a daily reminder of the bombing beyond the traumatic memory. Her daughter, Maria, still carries a chunk of the mortar shell, embedded in her head. They’re just one of the people whose lives were changed forever in the Syrian Civil War. But thanks to Open Doors supporters, that isn’t the end of this family’s story

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Open Doors Canada
STRENGTHENING CHRISTIANS WHERE FAITH COSTS THE MOST Learn more about persecuted Christians at https://www.opendoorscanada.org Contact us at opendoors@odcan.org Our Purpose is to strengthen and equip the Body of Christ living under or facing restriction and persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism by: - Providing Bibles and literature, media, leadership training, socio-economic development and intercessory prayer; - Preparing the Body of Christ living in threatened or unstable areas to face persecution and suffering, and; - Educating and mobilizing the Body of Christ living in the free world to identify with threatened and persecuted Christians and to be actively involved in assisting them. We do so because we believe that when one member suffers, all members suffer with it (1 Corinthians 12:26), that all doors are open and that God enables His Body to go into all the world and preach the Gospel.
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