Afghanistan

This picture breaks my heart. This woman's name is Aisha. She is the face for the woman who suffer in Afghanistan.

What we cannot see in this picture is that her ears have also been cut off.

You can see in this image, Aisha is beautiful. Her eyes are piercing. You can see into her soul. You see she has been hurt, abused, and treated as less than a beautiful, precious princess of the King.

But the longer I look at this picture, the more upset I become at the men who did this to her. I find myself wanting to beat the crap out of the man who looked at her thinking, "You are not worthy of being treated as human. You belong to me."

What can I, a poor college student far away from Afghanistan, do to help this woman and others like her? How can I show the love of Jesus to a woman I have never met?

One thing I know, I will be praying for Aisha. She is flying to America for reconstructive surgery. I pray someone will show her the love of Jesus. I pray that she will understand she is beautiful. I pray she will find peace, happiness, and redemption.

The following is a link to part of Aisha's story in Time Magazine:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007238,00.html