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Having fled their countries to save their lives, refugees experience the best of people and the worst of people as they wander in search of a new place to call home. Many people are kind and caring, helping them buy food or giving them a coat. Some are indifferent and won’t make eye contact as …
** The Chapel Project has since been dissolved due to funding issues after this article was published. Visit here for more opportunities to hear about and support the work in Athens.** In the spring of 2018, the idea of opening a community coworking space in Athens was born in the heart of GEM worker Mark …
As the war in Ukraine rages on, surrounding countries continue to respond to the influx of refugees. And across borders and countries, large percentages of the volunteers are Christians. Often overlooked in their national response is the small country of Latvia. Nestled between the western border of Russia and northern border of Belarus, Latvia has …
Positioned between Ukraine and Romania, the tiny country of Moldova is being overwhelmed with more than 200,000 refugees. As the poorest country in Europe, they have so little to give but they are giving what they can to care for the refugees who have fled from the war raging in their homeland. As they share …
A sudden knock at her bedroom door startled *Harper. She opened it to find one of her housemates, a Ukrainian, eager to have a conversation with her. His face was pinched with worry as he expressed fears for his family amidst Russia’s aggressive threats of invasion. Harper wasn’t surprised. For months now, her housemates had …
Frightened and unsure, Antin stood at the Ukrainian border with his wife and four small children. His church in Odessa assured him he’d be handing his family over to trusted contacts in Romania but that didn’t change the anguish he felt in sending them to safety. Heartache soon turned to relief when the border guards, …