Remember Heather Mercer? She was one of several Christian aid workers held hostage by the Taliban in 2001.
She and the others were rescued by U.S. Special Forces during the military's invasion of Afghanistan later that year.
She and the others were rescued by U.S. Special Forces during the military's invasion of Afghanistan later that year.
Today, Mercer is back in the Middle East serving
among the Kurdish people in Northern, Iraq. This time, it's not the
Taliban but ISIS that is threatening to destroy their way of life.
But Mercer is fighting back with a new campaign called Hope-4-Iraq.
Mercer is used to serving on the front lines of war.
In Iraq she served just 200 feet away from ISIS fighters. You could see
their black flag flying over a nearby water hut.
She and her staff from Global Hope were there to offer aid, encouragement, and prayers to the Kurdish soldiers fighting ISIS.
Since her arrival one soldier and 60 others were
killed in one of the deadliest battles with ISIS so far -- in the exact
spot where Mercer hadVISITED
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