This week during middle & upper school chapel, a very special, Tyler-based ministry spoke to our students. Lewis Swann, Tyler native and founder of Sight.org shared his testimony of how he came to know the Lord and how he was led to begin this incredible ministry to the blind.

On their website, sight.org explains that “Over 80,000 people in Togo are blinded by preventable eye diseases. Our team helps restore sight through cataract and pterygium surgeries, glaucoma treatments, and eyeglasses. We also teach eye-health education to prevent blindness in the communities we serve.”

Swann’s ministry not only heals physical sight, but spiritual sight as well. “Our greatest passion is to share the love of Christ, which drives our desire to serve. By projecting the Jesus Film, evangelizing door-to-door, and providing discipleship through local ministry partners, we share the good news in a country where 280,000 people have never heard the gospel of Jesus.”

However, sight.org doesn’t just treat eye diseases, they have also recently started an initiative to combat one of the major causes: malnutrition. “Eye diseases in West Africa are largely affected by malnutrition, and 2.5 million people in Togo are malnourished. At our agriculture training facility, we train farming students in modern farming techniques that create ten times the production of traditional farming. After training, the students return to their respective villages, resulting in a ripple effect that impacts the lives of hundreds.”

Swann shared with our students about true faith, challenging them to not just desire a good life for themselves, but to strive to make the lives of others better by serving and loving them in the name of Christ. One way Swann encouraged our students to do this was by donating old, used eyeglasses that they no longer need. These eyeglasses are then shipped to Togo where they will be distributed to those who need them.

To learn more about sight.org, visit their website here.