Glimt af Håb · 9. september 2026
– English version further down 👇
Mandag var undervisningsdag på den skole i Nakivale flygtningelejr i Uganda, som Léonce Bakenga og Hope for Refugees Organisation har været med til at skabe. Om aftenen skrev Léonce denne fortælling fra skolen.
”Da skolens lærer Djojo Wesley kom ind i klasseværelset i morges, sad børnene allerede og ventede. De venter altid. Nogle havde gået langt. Nogle kom med deres yngre søskende på ryggen. Nogle ankom i slidt tøj og på bare fødder. Men de kom — fordi for disse børn er vores klasseværelse det ene sted i deres verden, hvor nogen ser dem i øjnene og siger: Din fremtid tilhører stadig dig.
Dagens undervisning var læsning og skrivning, og der skete noget helt særligt, som jeg er nødt til at dele med dig. Vi underviste børnene i tilgivelse. Helene, dette er børn, som har været vidne til ting, intet barn nogensinde burde se. De har mistet forældre, søskende og hjem. De ankom til Nakivale med sår, der går langt dybere end sult eller fattigdom. De bærer krigens vægt i deres små hjerter.
Og i dag — mens de sad tæt sammen på små bænke i et rum med vægge, der smuldrer — talte vi om tilgivelse. Om hvad det vil sige at give slip på smerte, der aldrig var din at bære. Om den frihed, der findes på den anden side af at give slip.
Der blev stille i rummet på en måde, som er svær at beskrive. Disse børn — nogle helt ned til fire eller fem år — lyttede med en dybde og alvor, der berørte os alle helt ind i vores inderste. Nogle nikkede langsomt. Nogle havde tårer i øjnene.
En lille dreng rakte hånden op og sagde noget, jeg aldrig vil glemme:
“Hvis jeg tilgiver, betyder det så, at det, der skete med mig, var okay?”
Og vi sagde til ham: “Nej. Det var aldrig okay. Men tilgivelsen er ikke for deres skyld. Den er for din skyld. Det er, så det, der skete med dig, ikke kommer til at eje resten af dit liv.”
Jeg vil ikke tilføje ord til Léonces fine fortælling her, men bare ønske dig håb, uanset hvordan dit liv ser ud lige nu. ❤️
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Helene – Ledt af Lyset ✨
English version ❤️
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Glimpses of Hope · 9 September 2026
Monday was a school day in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda, at the school Léonce Bakenga and Hope for Refugees Organisation have helped create. That evening, Léonce wrote this story from the school.
“When our teacher Djojo Wesley walked into the classroom this morning, the children were already waiting. They are always waiting. Some had walked a long way. Some came with younger siblings on their backs. Some arrived in worn clothes and bare feet. But they came — because for these children, our classroom is the one place in their world where someone looks them in the eye and says: your future still belongs to you.
Today’s lesson was Literacy — and something very special happened that I have to share with you. We taught the children about forgiveness. Helene, these are children who have witnessed things no child should ever see. They have lost parents, siblings, and homes. They arrived in Nakivale carrying wounds that go far deeper than hunger or poverty. They carry the weight of war inside their little hearts.
And today — sitting packed together on tiny benches in a room with crumbling walls — we talked about forgiveness. About what it means to release pain that was never yours to carry. About the freedom that lives on the other side of letting go.
The room went quiet in a way that is hard to describe. These children — some as young as four or five — listened with a depth and seriousness that moved every one of us to our core. Some nodded slowly. Some had tears in their eyes.
One small boy raised his hand and said something I will never forget:
“If I forgive, does that mean what happened to me was okay?”
And we told him: “No. It was never okay. But forgiveness is not for them. It is for you. It is so that what happened to you does not own the rest of your life.”
I don’t want to add any words to Léonce’s beautiful story here, but simply wish you hope, no matter what your life looks like right now. ❤️
With love,
Helene – Ledt af Lyset ✨