Cards of Hope
When we were thinking about moving to Lebanon, the dream of working with the refugees began to take root in my heart. Honestly, I have only been able to fullfill this dream in scattered moments. Yet despite how small these encounters are they move me beyond words. My refugee friend's stories are filled with much more than running from a war and a displaced people. So much more. They include family members killed by ISIS, rape, beautiful homes taken away and I don't even begin to know the sum of the pain. Add to that the poverty, discrimination, and the lack of hope they find here. I am left to ask, how do you impower the poor among you? This is a question that has been grappled with by powerful vast organizations, world leaders, everything in-between, and by me. Perhaps by you also? It is one thing to hand out the fish. It is another to provide the fishing gear and the know-how. Which would you rather have? Personally, I like being in control. The lat