The Veil Removed in Rwanda
This guest blog is written by Elizabeth Smith, who went on a trip with our World Help team to Rwanda. In this post she shares her thoughts from her life-changing experience. I am hard-pressed to create a narrative that sufficiently captures my experiences in...
Rwanda: Reflection and Restoration
As we step into the month of April, we are faced with the anniversary of the atrocities that besieged Rwanda 18 years ago. In a matter of months, Rwanda’s world was drastically changed and would be forever changed. The people of Rwanda continue to grapple with...Your Voice Can Change the World
Last Friday, I had the great privilege of speaking to 11,000 students at Liberty University’s very first convocation of the year. As with all my experiences speaking at my alma mater, the overwhelming energy of the student body gives me great hope for the next...Horn of Africa Crisis Continues
My experience at Dadaab refugee camp, as you will see in this video, rivals any humanitarian crisis I’ve ever witnessed. In a dusty haze that cloaked the entire camp in an eerie hue of red, I sensed helplessness; I saw hollow eyes and empty hands; I touched the sick...From the Field: A Day in Dadaab
Today, I spent the entire day at the Dadaab refugee camp on the Somali border. Now considered to be the largest refugee camp in the world, 25,000 people have already perished here, most of them being children. Perhaps one of the most tragic of these realities is that...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.