'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:25-36)

I feel personally called to help Syrian Refugees.  These women and children without a home are thrown into camps without love and care.  I feel it is my duty to "speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute"-Proverbs 31:8.  

I am hoping for many things on this trip.  First, I aim to help make refugees feel like they are human and that people care.  Second, I hope to bring back their story to my friends, family, church, government or anyone that will listen to work on making a lasting change.  Third, I want to serve my faith by extending the love of Jesus to others.

It’s become the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East. In 2015 alone, Germany took in over one million refugees. They continue to stream in from places like Syria, Tunisia, Eritrea, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.  

Paying up $5,000 per family to make the journey by land and sea, these migrants leave everything behind except the clothes on their backs. Some have buried children along the way while others have faced intense persecution.

European countries struggle to keep up with the influx of immigrants desperately fleeing the deteriorating conditions of their homelands.  

According to The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more refugees occupy our world today than any other moment in human history, to the tune of nearly 60 million people. Equally disturbing is the fact that half of them are children. Between the crisis in Syria, the growing threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria, the conflict in Ukraine, and general violence across the globe, entire communities have been displaced.