# The Whistleblower's Guide Resources for blowing the whistle, and compassionate support for the courageous who do it anyway. Page: Feed: --- ## [The whistleblower's freedom that almost never was (Part 3)](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/the-whistleblowers-freedom-that-almost) _2026-05-15 · Rebecca Hopkins_ An immigrant family with five kids spent 10 months in detention, their mother critically sick. Will they finally be released? This is the harrowing Part 3 of 3 of the story of the El Gamals and the community who loves them. ## ['The truth never dies' but it might try to kill you (Part 2)](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/the-truth-never-dies-but-it-might) _2026-05-14 · Rebecca Hopkins_ (Please read Part 1 about how a teen from the El Gamal family inspired our community to fight for her family’s release.) ## [How a Muslim teen whistleblower inspired my community to fight for her freedom (Part 1)](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/how-a-muslim-teen-whistleblower-inspired) _2026-05-13 · Rebecca Hopkins_ A young immigrant family from our community was detained for months, soon drawing national attention. But for some of us the fight for their release became personal. Here's part 1 of a 3-part series of how this story unfolded. ## [My 2025 list of favorite books that give me courage](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/my-2025-list-of-favorite-books-that) _2026-01-04 · Rebecca Hopkins_ A friend of mine once told me that in the immediate years after she experienced devastating spiritual abuse and an unexpected exit from a ministry, she only read books with happy endings. ## [What About the Good Stories?](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/what-about-the-good-stories) _2025-10-17 · Rebecca Hopkins_ In 2016, I was living a big story as a wife to a Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot in Borneo, Indonesia. ## [How to Welcome Back the Whistleblower](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/how-to-welcome-back-the-whistleblower) _2025-05-10 · Rebecca Hopkins_ Last month, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) sent my husband and me an email inviting us to its headquarters in Idaho for a special event. ## [Is Nowhere Safe? 5 Things Whistleblower Helpers Should Do Instead of Repeating Harmful History](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/is-nowhere-safe-5-things-whistleblower) _2025-03-20 · Rebecca Hopkins_ The New Evangelicals (TNE) began with the goal of being a safe place online for those harmed by the evangelical church. ## [A Whistleblower’s Goodbyes, Bad Byes, and the Best Byes of All](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/a-whistleblowers-goodbyes-bad-byes) _2025-03-04 · Rebecca Hopkins_ Somehow the book, “Necessary Endings” made its way across the ocean to our island home in Indonesia just when I needed it. ## [The Reasons Whistleblowers Stay Silent (Part 2)](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/the-reasons-whistleblowers-stay-silent-4cc) _2025-01-29 · Rebecca Hopkins_ (Please read Part 1 first.) ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cK9Y04sHYq3e) _2025-01-29 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [The Reasons Whistleblowers Stay Silent (Part 1)](https://rhopkins.substack.com/p/the-reasons-whistleblowers-stay-silent) _2025-01-29 · Rebecca Hopkins_ When I first saw my new island home of Borneo, Indonesia in 2015, it was on fire.