Room for the Traitor
“But the hand of the one who is going to betray me is with mine on this table.” Luke 22:21 “Having loved his own who were in the world,...
Reed Baskets and Rubber Dinghies
By far, my favorite part about this trip was loving on the kiddos. This should not come as a surprise to those who know me. These are...
Amira
I want to introduce you to one of God's favorite people. (Before you get your panties in a wad, know that He has a lot of favorite people....
The Journey Here
I know that I should have written about this a LONG time ago, but I just realized that I never really explained why I felt called to come...
To Her Baba
The body of a little girl washed up on the beach on Sunday. I was there only a few hours before. I haven't known how to write about his...
"Safe"
"Be safe!" I can't tell you how many times I heard that in preparing for this trip. It's got to be in the hundreds. And I love y'all,...
Meet Mohammed
This is Mohammed. He's 6. I first met him after a rather frantic Syrian man approached me during evening shift at Moria to tell me in...
Moria Lullaby (and a Challenge)
One of my earliest, and certainly my most powerful, childhood memories is of my mom singing me to sleep. She'd start with fun, lilting...
Faces of Moria
There is a lot of heaviness in our work in Moria. Conditions are crowded, dirty, and cold. People are tired, hungry, and many have been...
Moria
There were hundreds lined up outside the gate when we arrived at 5 pm. Last night we took our first shift at Moria, the largest camp on...
