661 Miles to Hope
Life for Firoz, an Afghan refugee, has radically transformed in the last couple of months thanks to the Skilling Afghan Refugees Initiative in Delhi. Just a couple of months ago Firoz was living in Afghanistan with his family. Haunted by the violence he witnessed everyday, Firoz was beginning to lose hope of creating a safe and happy life for himself and his family. The death and brutality that he had witnessed caused him to have a heart full of hatred and hopelessness, and he almost resorted to suicide; but God had bigger plans for him and his family. With nowhere else to turn, Firoz packed up his family and traveled over 660 miles to Delhi to enroll in a free sewing program he had heard of. When he arrived he realized that he hadn’t just found a sewing school, he found a place for hope to grow once again. The team got him enrolled in classes so that he could acquire skills to help him provide for his family, and he was given resources to begin healing from the trauma he had survived, but perhaps the most valuable thing Firoz found in Delhi was a profound hope that only the spirit of God can provide. The road was long and the travel was hard, but if you ask Firoz it was worth every mile!
