Meet Nawroz

On June 23 our family will begin a 6 week journey of faith and hope and love as we welcome Nawroz to our family. Nawroz is one of 34 children who will travel from their homes across Afghanistan to the Lake Norman Area of North Carolina where they will receive medical care and spend 6 weeks living without the daily stress of war.

SOLACE for the Children is a non-profit organization that I have been a board member of for the past several years. We first began bringing children from Belarus to North Carolina in the 1990s to receive dental and medical care, and in 2001 and 2003 I traveled there on mission trips with Lake Norman Children's Relief. In 2007 as our ability to provide treatment for Belarus became limited, we turned our focus to Afghanistan and during that summer brought 7 children for our Summer Program. Last year we brought 21 children, and this year there will be 34.

I invite you to visit our website http://www.solaceforthechildren.orgto understand the mission of our program and to see the great things we do. For the past 5 years our family has hosted adult chaperones with the program, but this will be our first time hosting a child. And a boy at that! As a family with 3 daughters, this should be a new experience for sure!

My hope is to share our experience building peace on a foundation of health, as we share our summer with Nawroz with all of you.

Peace,
Meg