A Personal Statement On The Refugee Crisis
“The refugee humanitarian emergency is a global crisis of unprecedented size—impacting nearly 60 million people. In the history of the world, never have so many people been recorded as being displaced or on the move. In Syria alone, over 13 million children and...National Refugee Sunday | A Challenge to the Church
Today is National Refugee Sunday—a day for the Body of Christ to remember refugees worldwide in prayer and action. The world has not seen such a massive refugee population since World War II. This is the greatest displacement of people ever recorded . . . and the...God Has Not Forgotten Iraq. Can We?
The humanitarian situation here in Iraq is incomprehensible. I recently returned from a week-long trip to Iraq where I saw the physical and emotional carnage of ISIS for myself. Children wander aimlessly in the refugee camps, having no access to schooling. Families...From the Field | God Has Not Forgotten Iraq
I’ve spent this past week in the broken nation of Iraq, where World Help teams are working around the clock to reach children, persecuted Christians, Yazidis, and so many others in dire need of care and support. The humanitarian crisis in Iraq is a crushing blow to...From the Field | Forging the Future of Iraq in the Classroom
I’m in the Baharka refugee camp outside of Erbil, where the hope of Iraq’s future is being forged in a simple, unassuming school. There are 4,000 students here—elementary through high school—who meet four different times during the day in order to accommodate their...
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.