01/03/2026
We did not leave our homes because we wanted an easy life.
We left our families, our friends, and everything familiar to chase a future we could not build back home.
We chose distance over comfort, separation over safety, and sacrifice over ease.
People see us smiling in photos, living in places they call “luxury,”
But they do not see the silent nights when we miss our everyone,
the tears we hide after video calls,
the loneliness inside crowded cities,
and the exhaustion of working day after day just to keep our families alive back home.
Every hour we work is a prayer for our parents.
Every paycheck is love sent across borders.
Every dream we delay is for someone else’s future.
And now… war has come close to where we live.
Suddenly, our work is mixed with fear.
We go to sleep not knowing if we will wake up.
We listen to the news with trembling hearts.
Not because we are afraid of dying alone
but because we are afraid of leaving our families with nothing.
Who will raise our children if we are gone?
Who will take care of our parents when they grow weak?
Who will finish the sacrifices we started?
We are far from home, but our hearts never left.
We only wanted to work in peace.
We only wanted to survive.
We only wanted to come home one day with dignity.
Please pray for us.
Pray for every migrant worker and every expat whose life is hanging between hope and fear.
We did not choose war.
We chose responsibility.
We chose love.
War is never the answer.
It steals fathers from children, mothers from sons, and futures from families.
We only ask for one thing:
PEACE, so we can live, work, and return home safely to the families who are waiting for us.
