________________________________________ 9:30pm – The Night We Left Lesvos, Greece It only took a few hours for her to call me “Daughter.”  As I look at this woman called Maria, and her four children, I am in wonder at all they…

The first day I met her, she wore two lady bug sneakers. Today, she only has the left one, and one left sandal on her right foot. Love usually asks me to hold her, running up to me with her…

Families risked it all, many lost everything, and are now stuck at a border where they do not want to be. I am no expert in political science, so I will refrain from commenting on politics other than saying it’s…

Change is Constant.   This is especially true on Lesvos. What I’m about to share is only a portion of what has happened in the past few weeks. It has amazed me how quickly things change here. In my first two…

Janell King, currently working in Lesvos, shares an update after the EU-Turkey deal has formally come into effect. Under the deal, migrants arriving in Greece are now expected to be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or their claim…

This is a story about how God’s love shines through the simplest things, and about how my birthday turned from being my worst day in Greece to being my best day in Greece. This is the story of Yasir’s ring.…

A few days after Christmas, while serving in one of the larger refugee camps on the island of Lesvos, something happened to me that left me spiritually and physically speechless. Thousands of refugee families filled every square inch available on…

I went to Lesvos prepared to cry. I’d read the news, seen the pictures, heard the stories. I imagined the perilous, sometimes fatal sea crossing from Turkey to Greece and the collective mourning of thousands of families passing through chaotic…

It was my first day working at Sikaminia, the transition camp run by Euro Relief on the island of Lesvos. I didn’t know what to expect, but I do know what I imagined- hundreds if not a thousand refugees walking…