The remains of 215 children found buried at a former B.C. residential school.
It is horrific and devastating to learn about the remains of the 215 children-human beings found buried in the B.C residential school. It really hurts to have seen them. Children who went to school to learn were found in the grave, not in learning classrooms. Equity is giving a student pair of shoes that fits not killing them. It is heartbreaking to the death of these innocent souls.
What is the outcome of Jesus Christ's death on the cross for humankind? Did Jesus Christ die for no reason? Did he die for specific people? Did you come to preach Christ or hatred? Did you ever teach Christ to these children? Where they taught religious studies at all? The questions go on. The same people who preached the death of Christ are the same people who preached and showed hatred, killing wickedness. Nothing has changed. Wickedness is everywhere- places of work, school, as you commute.
Covid-19 affected the rich and the poor, black and white, young and the old, the strong and the weak, the Indigenous people, and the settlers. Maybe the Covid -19 will teach us a lesson to know that we are the same humankind. In isolation, you needed someone to talk to and hug –showing care and true love.
The government is aware of what has been going on in Aboriginal communities. Has the government responded? If they have, it has not been sufficient. If we are practicing justice and equity after the Residential School experiences, what is still happening? I challenge the system to offer hope and laughter to the Aboriginal communities. “Merge mercy with might and might with right”.
How can you preach Christ to the same people whom you have killed their relatives? For these reasons, the broken heart, you need to discover God by yourself through your challenges, and what you see people go through or experience will also help you know God. Do not let what you see or go through destroy you, NICS urges you to respond positively to any challenge.
Indigenous people –you are worth it. Nelo Immigrant and Community Services stand with you.
