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Empowering Refugee Education: Our New Program Begins!

Providentially, the perfect tutor was waiting for this opportunity.  Meet Nermin: a junior at Middle East University, with two years of teaching experience, and fluent in Arabic and English.  Nermin is loved by both the parents and...

Stepping Stones

As a little girl, I loved to step from stone to stone, hopping along a pathway…going somewhere even if it was just in my active imagination. Hop, hop, hop. Sometimes, I would miss the leap, but no harm was done…I would just jump right back onto the stone and continue...

Not Wanted

As the literal potholes deepen and are harder to dodge on the streets of Beirut, Lebanon so is the situation with the refugees.  Meaning them being here is creating a deeper hole in the economic situation and they are having a harder time dodging...

To Give Courage

Winter has settled into Lebanon with days and days of rain, leaving every apartment struggling with humidity and a damp cold that settles deep into your bones. Whether rich or poor we all are affected by this chill and wetness, that can leave the walls of one’s house...

“Small” Miracles

Lately, I have been pondering the power of small miracles. I am not talking about the walls of Jericho falling or baby Jesus being born of a virgin. No. Those are “big” miracles. I mean tiny miracles. Perhaps one would not even call them miracles?  Allow me...

A Christmas Message From Each Board Member

Our amazing board members wanted to pause and “be still” with you. Sharing who they are as families and sending you a message. I have no doubt that their involvement with Woven Dignity impacts their families. Both in their sacrificial giving and in their example. As I...

Between the Zones

Qatar Airways: ATL to DOHA to BEY. Zone 2. Boarding time: one hour prior to takeoff. All very familiar things to people who fly. The Zones help boarding flow most efficiently. I like being in Zone 2 because you are neither last nor first on the plane, but if you are...

Norway and IGES Bound!

Even as I write this, our refugee family of four that has lived in a tiny dorm room space (1/2 the size of a standard USA dorm) is flying to Norway. They just messaged me that they were in transit from Beirut and boarding the plane from Istanbul to...

The Adventure Continues…

My plane leaves for the States tomorrow. We had grand goals of what needed to be accomplished before the metal tube zooms down the runway and soars across the ponds.  There were 50+ new, state-specific card patterns to design. Each of the designs...

The Perfect Gift

If you were to give our refugee women a gift, what would it be? This question causes me great pondering every summer when I am wandering the stores in America looking for the “perfect gift” for my people with deep needs. A limited budget and luggage weight do not...
Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

As a little girl, I loved to step from stone to stone, hopping along a pathway…going somewhere even if it was just in my active imagination. Hop, hop, hop. Sometimes, I would miss the leap, but no harm was done…I would just jump right back onto the stone and continue...

Not Wanted

As the literal potholes deepen and are harder to dodge on the streets of Beirut, Lebanon so is the situation with the refugees.  Meaning them being here is creating a deeper hole in the economic situation and they are having a harder time dodging...

To Give Courage

To Give Courage

Winter has settled into Lebanon with days and days of rain, leaving every apartment struggling with humidity and a damp cold that settles deep into your bones. Whether rich or poor we all are affected by this chill and wetness, that can leave the walls of one’s house...

“Small” Miracles

“Small” Miracles

Lately, I have been pondering the power of small miracles. I am not talking about the walls of Jericho falling or baby Jesus being born of a virgin. No. Those are “big” miracles. I mean tiny miracles. Perhaps one would not even call them miracles?  Allow me...

A Christmas Message From Each Board Member

A Christmas Message From Each Board Member

Our amazing board members wanted to pause and “be still” with you. Sharing who they are as families and sending you a message. I have no doubt that their involvement with Woven Dignity impacts their families. Both in their sacrificial giving and in their example. As I...