Modesta - Australian Lutheran World Service
Hurt … Home … Hope
Modesta Modesta and her family are from Burundi. The war has changed their lives in ways that few could ever imagine. Modesta shares, “I am Hutu, and my husband was a Tutsi. When the violence started, my family killed my husband. This was so painful for me. I was hurt in two areas. First, it was my own family who killed my husband. Second, my husband’s family thought I was involved, so they rejected me too. At this time my family also killed my child because they say he is Tutsi too. Romeo was 5. He was a twin. The other child lives. Modesta and her surviving twin Niera— the horrors of war etched on their faces.
I am worried we will be forced back home. If there is any help here, we will appreciate it. I am not angry with God, because what God has I may try to forgive my family, but I don’t know how. planned, no one will change it. My younger sister was also raped, and from this she now has a child. I get my strength from God. I keep praying because this is If you ask me where is God, I know God was there. the only place I can get Yet still it seems such a wrong thing to happen to my strength. husband. My husband was a good man. He liked to interact with people. And he liked to pray so much. He My message to Australians is was not willing to see people have problems, he first thanks because you have always wanted to help. helped us when so many of us have died. I make a request that you please do not get tired of helping us, and keep giving us your support. Tomorrow I have hope that we can some day smile once more.”
If you ask me where is God, I know God was there.
Modesta is very passionate, expressive and articulate as she tells her story at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. She has seen incredible horror, but now has a home and hope. Lutheran teams in Burundi are empowering communities to seek reconciliation between tribes, and between returnees, expellees, and stayees. There has been an uneasy, but growing, peace in Burundi since 2005. Respect for other people is paramount in re-building peace in this tiny African nation. Modesta, Niera and Beni - finding hope through love and support at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. For further information contact Email: [email protected] Ph: 1300 763 407 Web: www.alws.org.au
Perhaps one day Modesta and her family can return home to Burundi. Australian Lutheran World Service Awareness Week Hurt … Home … Hope Focus on Burundi and Sudan
Dare to Dream a Different World
Modesta Modesta and her family are from Burundi. The war has changed their lives in ways that few could ever imagine. Modesta shares, “I am Hutu, and my husband was a Tutsi. When the violence started, my family killed my husband. This was so painful for me. I was hurt in two areas. First, it was my own family who killed my husband. Second, my husband’s family thought I was involved, so they rejected me too. At this time my family also killed my child because they say he is Tutsi too. Romeo was 5. He was a twin. The other child lives. Modesta and her surviving twin Niera— the horrors of war etched on their faces.
I am worried we will be forced back home. If there is any help here, we will appreciate it. I am not angry with God, because what God has I may try to forgive my family, but I don’t know how. planned, no one will change it. My younger sister was also raped, and from this she now has a child. I get my strength from God. I keep praying because this is If you ask me where is God, I know God was there. the only place I can get Yet still it seems such a wrong thing to happen to my strength. husband. My husband was a good man. He liked to interact with people. And he liked to pray so much. He My message to Australians is was not willing to see people have problems, he first thanks because you have always wanted to help. helped us when so many of us have died. I make a request that you please do not get tired of helping us, and keep giving us your support. Tomorrow I have hope that we can some day smile once more.”
If you ask me where is God, I know God was there.
Modesta is very passionate, expressive and articulate as she tells her story at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. She has seen incredible horror, but now has a home and hope. Lutheran teams in Burundi are empowering communities to seek reconciliation between tribes, and between returnees, expellees, and stayees. There has been an uneasy, but growing, peace in Burundi since 2005. Respect for other people is paramount in re-building peace in this tiny African nation. Modesta, Niera and Beni - finding hope through love and support at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. For further information contact Email: [email protected] Ph: 1300 763 407 Web: www.alws.org.au
Perhaps one day Modesta and her family can return home to Burundi. Australian Lutheran World Service Awareness Week Hurt … Home … Hope Focus on Burundi and Sudan
Dare to Dream a Different World
