The Pharmacist Who Planted Anyway
When Mithat Isik arrived in Altenburg, Germany, as a Syrian refugee in 2015, he had every reason to hold back. He was a trained pharmacist...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7.
When Mithat Isik arrived in Altenburg, Germany, as a Syrian refugee in 2015, he had every reason to hold back. He was a trained pharmacist who had fled Aleppo with his family, landing in a small East German town where some residents openly resented the newcomers. The language was foreign. The winters were brutal. Nothing about Altenburg felt like home.…
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