With the refugee crises emerging explosively in recent months, someone mentioned to me that ‘migration has always been a part of humanity’.

I’m smiling as I begin to type this message to all of you. The sheer joy of connecting with you from so far away captivates me.

About 13 years ago, some Akha evangelists and I took 35 drug addicts out of Mehter village to a Christian drug rehab sponsored by American Baptists in Chiangmai.

Pastor Emre serves a church about an hour outside of Istanbul. The church is composed of about 25 attendees, most of them coming from Muslim backgrounds.

We would like to thank you for your generous contributions to help us #endthenight. Your support allows for more women to break free from sexual oppression and exploitation around the world. 

On New Year’s Day, I received a phone call from my father about the passing of my grandfather whom we affectionately called Papa. He was in his fourth bout of pneumonia already this winter and was 96 years old.