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We are so excited to have a spot in the latest issue of The Goodnewspaper! Order your copy today and enjoy reading some truly Good News in this positive and encouraging publication! Order Your Issue Now! Speaking of GOOD News… Here are some encouraging stories from EI’s local programs in DR Congo!…
Read More10 Years in the Making | It’s Birthday Month!
It’s Birthday Month! There are lots of fun and impactful ways to celebrate EI’s 10th Anniversary this month! Whether it’s donating your age, registering for Instagram Giveaways, or purchasing our NEW Full Circle Necklace, you are raising awareness and bringing healing and hope to child survivors of war! As we celebrate 10 Years of Healing, we take a moment…
Read MoreMeet Dickens | A Leader for Peace!
Impact the lives of children like Dickens Sponsoring a child like Dickens provides education, food, healthcare, trauma counseling, peace building/leadership development, and spiritual care. 100% of donations go directly to supporting your sponsored child. Make an Impact!
Read MoreCelebrate 10 Years of Healing! + Why & How EI Got Started
2008 to 2018 As Exile International celebrates 10 Years of Healing, let’s look back at why and how EI got started. Where We Began EI’s founder, Bethany Williams, was (and still is) a counseling psychologist whose life took on a radically new direction in 2008 — after a volunteer opportunity in Congo. Sometimes a bit…
Read MoreJackson & Moise | Celebrating Life
Jackson is a graduate of EI’s programs from several years ago and is now a skilled carpenter! Jackson has a successful business, built his own home, and works part-time at an EI care center teaching carpentry to youth there. Several program graduates who apprenticed under Jackson have started their own carpentry businesses! We…
Read MoreFor I Was Hungry
She was the frailest woman I had ever seen, yet still stunningly beautiful. Her head was wrapped with a cloth, gold edges highlighting her glorious eyes which were sunken back in her head. Her eyes were searching and lost. Her long, stick-thin arms were trying to hold her baby, but she was too weak to…
Read MoreJonah’s Escape: From Captivity to Redemption
“There was so much blood. My heart cried out for him, but I kept it inside. I lost all my good memories and only saw the madness around me. After 2 years, wounded and not healing… a soldier let him go. “I wanted to get as far away as possible… everywhere I went,…
Read MoreCelebrate Their Stories
Meet Blessing — DR Congo When I was 14 years old, I was taken by a Congolese rebel army. With the rebel army, we lived outside of God’s will. That is to say, I didn’t want to live — I had no peace in my mind, and I was without hope to ever see…
Read MorePrayer Updates — February 2018
Congo (DRC) Pray for a 13-year-old boy, Bisimwa, to be healed of a brain tumor Yesterday, Bisimwa underwent his third brain surgery and is currently in the ICU. Pray that this sweet boy is able to begin breathing on his own again, regains consciousness and all bodily function. Pray also for wisdom for his doctors,…
Read MoreJanet’s Story of Peace
A journey of peace When Janet was just 15-years-old, she was abducted and forced to be a sex-slave and “wife” to Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Enslaved for eight years, she bore two children to Kony before escaping in 2005. After breaking free, Janet transitioned from captivity through a care…
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