From the Field: Please help Syria’s child refugees
This week, I’ve shared a lot of the hopelessness I’ve seen on the Syrian border. But today, I want to give you an example of something that demonstrates how hope is never lost as long as compassionate people exist. One of the highlights of this trip was the chance to...
On the Syrian border: Dropping everything to flee
While in the Middle East this week, I stood on the Syrian border and watched as countless people poured out of the country of their birth. A few arrived in cars, but many people piled out of buses. They dragged small suitcases and trash bags containing the possessions...
From the Field: Syrians living in miserable conditions
Many Syrians have fled the violence of civil war and ISIS, but they haven’t escaped the suffering. Right now, I’m in a refugee camp on the Syrian border where families are just trying to survive. They are living in deplorable conditions … there’s trash everywhere. It...
For $35, send food and medicine to a Syrian refugee
Lifeless bodies, babies with blue faces, and children foaming at the mouth. The images of children after the recent chemical attack on Douma, Syria, are hard to witness. Maybe that’s part of the reason why most news outlets have moved on to other stories now that the...
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.