Hope

August 5th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

Art for the Nations – Ciudad Juárez

I am thankful to be an artist; I am blessed because the act of creating causes me to be thankful. If, in the midst of poverty, even in the midst of plenty, you can take time to enjoy the process of creating something colorful or pretty – something that mimics the beauty of God’s creation [...]

August 4th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

Youth of Juarez

We were thrilled to be able to return this week to Juarez to be with our brothers and sisters here, to love and pursue, and to live life together and show them that they are not forgotten.
The morning after we arrived we found ourselves in the midst of a Vacation Bible School for the local [...]

June 9th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

The Battle Rages

Photo by Chris Knott
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.
1 John 4:18
Living in Juarez has forced my eyes open, heightened my senses and toughened up my soft [...]

June 2nd, 2010 by mmlindsey

Desert Crossing

I crossed the river about twenty years ago-I can’t be exact about the date, because I am still not sure what crossing really means, except that you can never come back. I just know that I crossed and now I scratch like a caged animal trying to claw my way out and reach the distant [...]

May 13th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Promise

Photo by Garrett Larson
We made beauty from ashes this week. Thirteen incredible souls chose to brave the border war and to partake in what to many seemed insane. With inquisitive eyes and perplexed neighbors in the streets above, we gathered garbage from the arrollo that runs into our backyard, the one that used to be [...]

May 11th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Beauty

Inspiration has surged into our lives this week, steady and strong like these unfaltering desert winds moving across the desert. It has been an outstanding week, a profound testament blazing in the face of fear and twisted perceptions, and the undeclared reality of Juarez has been revealed: That she is hungry, capable, and rising.
We could [...]

May 10th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Life

It was breathtaking to behold, sobering to witness: the power of passionate lives bursting from the dust and sprinting towards life. It is something that cannot be tamed, the innermost part of our hearts being poured out into the streets of Juarez, morphing the buckets of dusty garbage into glimmering collages of beauty right before [...]

May 8th, 2010 by mmlindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Color

Color splashed over the floors and walls dripping from every face. Joy, messy and untamed, bursting out in laughter and shimmering eyes wide and hopeful. Through painting and mosaic on reclaimed wood and stone, discarded plastic bottles and tar paper, we all created, side by side.

The past two days have been saturated with sharing life [...]

May 7th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Hope in Action

The face of hope is breathtaking to behold, particularly in a place which has been regarded as a dying city and a failed state. But it is here, in the abandoned desert, where I have had encounters with love and the extraordinary. This perplexing city has been a catalyst impressing me to embrace the crux [...]

May 6th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey

A new day for Juarez

Photo by Dallas Palmer
He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.
Isaiah 6:8
Since moving here to the desert, every day more and more blood has been shed on the dusty streets of our city. We have seen a mass exodus of [...]

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