**UPDATE after the swim

I survived! Completed the swim in 45 minutes. Thanks so much for your incredible support. If you'd like to know more about where this appeal money is going, then The Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation in the Middle East has posted here  - http://frrme.org/iraq-crisis-appeal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FRRME+%28FRRME+and+St+George%27s+Church+Baghdad%29

The situation in Iraq is still awful - if you a praying person, please pray for our christian family persecuted and killed because they love Jesus. 

http://www.liononasnowyday.com/news/message-vicar-baghdad/

STORY I can't stand by and do nothing whilst my christian family in Iraq and other minorities are persecuted, killed, raped and made homeless in their own land. Please donate what little you can to support this christian charity who are bringing immediate physical relief/aid now to those in dire need, and also working towards peace in the middle east. 

You can read more about the persecution of christians in Iraq here.
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2014/08/anglican-vicar-of-baghdad-%E2%80%9Cchild-i-baptised-cut-in-half-by-isis%E2%80%9D.aspx

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11022763/We-cannot-be-silent-in-the-face-of-the-slaughter-in-Iraq.html