Discipleship and Community Organizing Apprentice in Middle East
Track:Compassion - Justice track
Region:Middle East
Hi everyone! My name is Hope! I am a writer with a passion for empowering and activating people in order to spark change in communities! Of course, this is best done with God as the foundation and center of our lives. I am excited to live amongst the marginalized and create friendships with fantastic people so that I can show them the love, grace and mercy our God has for them.
Trampled. Exhausted. Attacked.
That is how I felt this last week. Unexpected tragedy hit very close to home last wednesday when my friend's father was killed in the line of duty. The week continued to turn as drama surrounded that community and my different friends encountered 3 more very untimely or traumatic deaths in their communities as well.
I felt incredibly attacked spiritually. My biggest fear that I have been trying to work through with moving out of the country for two years is that fact that I will not be here when crisis strikes. If someone close to…
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I've had the privilage of spending the last couple days in very intentional community with an incredible group of 20-somethings at GoWeek. Their passion for so many different people groups around the world has only increased the passion I have to walk with people that are refugees in the Middle East. This week has been very transformational and taught me a lot, but it has also just made me even more restless.
My heart is with the refugees that I will get to walk alongside in just a couple short months. I want to see what it means to be their neighbor. I want to…
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