On #FathersDay please remember all the fathers in Central America who are fleeing poverty and persecution in search of a safe life for their families. This is why parents come to the border with their children. Because they want a decent life for them. Because they love them. 1/ 
For two years I worked in Kenya with refugees who had migrated from all over East Africa: Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia. All were fleeing violence, famine and poverty. All wanted to stay in their homelands, but they couldn't. Neither could their children. 2
I must have met hundreds of refugee parents during my time in Kenya, and I can tell you this: No father or mother wants to take their child from their home. But they are forced to. Migrants and refugees do this out of great fear, and out of great love. 3
So the next time you are tempted to blame migrants for anything, ask yourself what you would do if your family were facing gang violence, persecution, famine, poverty or warfare. Would you have the guts to become a migrant or a refugee? 4
Say a prayer for all fathers and mothers today on the border and for their children. Remember that they are all there out of love. 5/5
