by Rebekah Murray | Jul 17, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
How Clean Water Access Is Changing Daily Life for Waste-Picker Families in Nairobi, Kenya The families we serve here in Kenya often carry two burdens at once: At work, picking through trash for recyclables, they are exposed daily to toxic waste, dust, and chemicals,...
by Rebekah Murray | Jul 10, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
A Lost Childhood and A Classroom Found “Kids, settle down. Today we are going to look at the Amharic alphabet…” Frehiwot starts her day in Ethiopia with these words. Every time she does, she feels a sense of peace. Her classroom is her heaven. “I have always loved...
by Rebekah Murray | Jul 1, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
In overlooked corners of the world, women who have been sorting through garbage for years are beginning to imagine a different life. As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, I’ve been reflecting on the American Dream: the conviction that people can...
by Rebekah Murray | Jun 18, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
Faith and Community at a Dumpsite in Honduras I recently watched the movie Facing the Giants with a group of men in a new Bible study we started here in the El Buen Samaritano community, located next to the dumpsite in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. At this meeting, we were...
by Rebekah Murray | Jun 11, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
Education Provides a Path Out of Poverty We met Alex at the dumpsite in Kenya. At age 13, Alex would see us and hide. We learned he was born and raised in a slum right next to the dumpsite. Every morning, he would head to the dumpsite to collect recyclables to sell....
