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6 Months Later: Nepal—Rebuilding a Nation

Six months ago, we received harrowing reports of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that tore apart an already impoverished nation, followed a few days later by another massive 7.3 quake. We learned that in a matter of moments thousands of Nepali people had been killed and...

Haiti: 5 Years After the Earthquake

Five years ago today, on January 12, 2010, the impoverished island nation of Haiti was leveled by a massive 7.0 earthquake. More than 230,000 people were killed, 300,000 were injured, and 1.5 million were left homeless. It remains one of the most devastating disasters...

Mending Lives After Genocide

The streets of Kigali, Rwanda, once bore witness to 100 days of systematic slaughter that ended the lives of an estimated 1 million people. Children left behind after the 1994 genocide, and those born soon after, emerged into a new Rwanda saturated by trauma, grief,...

The Three Prayers of a Widow

The village of Kaboga, Rwanda, is found at the end of dirt path flanked on either side by sprawling green rows of banana trees. This is the humble home to 45 widows and their children. The shockwaves of the genocide that leveled the country two decades ago are still...

Finding Beauty . . . the Second Time Around

I am still troubled by the photos of the children who were murdered. The thought of it simply makes me sick to my stomach. At times, I don’t understand the world we live in. I thought I had seen enough evil in my days to simply make me numb. But unfortunately, I had...
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