Archive for July, 2009
Service in the Desert
The greatest sin of political imagination is thinking there in no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today.
Jesus for President
This billboard says, “Serve your community”.
Ambiguous and obnoxious billboards are infecting this already polluted city. Flooding the streets with more assault rifles strengthens the violence, injects more fear, closes more doors, lowers the [...]
July 30th, 2009 by mmlindsey
The Dividing Line between rich and poor
This video was posted on the El Paso’s NewsPaper Tree site.
This is our life… a life in flux. We have only been here for one year, and in a year we have seen the border evolve into a military zone, separating the rich from the poor. Please watch, it is a blaring glimpse into the [...]
Posted in Life in JuarezTags: Border, Dividing Line, El Paso, Juarez, Newspaper Tree, poverty, Rich and Poor
July 29th, 2009 by mmlindsey
New Desert War
It was hot. Tensions were boiling under the strain of the desert sun. Everyone was gripped, toes dug into the baking sand.
The bombs whistled, cutting through the shimmering heat waves like melted butter. They could not out run them. Bombs colliding with flesh, fear on every face.
When the dust settled, laughter was rippling over the [...]
Posted in Life in Juarez, Violence in Juarez, hopeTags: Colonia Palo Chino, Desert War, Mexico, Most Important People, Violence in Juarez
July 23rd, 2009 by Misty Lindsey
Everything happens…
We lack a holy rage - The ability to rage when justice lies prostrate on the streets… a holy anger about the things that are wrong in the world… To rage when little children must die of hunger when the tables of the rich are sagging with food… To rage against complacency. To restlessly seek that recklessness [...]
July 22nd, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
No More Trouble
And we define news as acts of violence rather than the hidden acts of love that keep hope alive… so even as we see the horror of death, may we be reminded that in the end, love wins. Mercy triumphs. Life is more powerful than death. And even those who have committed great violence can [...]
Posted in Life in Juarez, hopeTags: Bob Marley, El Paso, Jesus for President, Juarez, No More Trouble
July 18th, 2009 by mmlindsey
Yobel Market
Yobel: hebrew word for “jubilee”, which means freedom, release from captivity, cancellation of debts, the turning of tables, stabilization and restoration of the land, redemption for the poor, and celebration.
Yobel Market
It is about time that we post about our amazing friends from Yobel Market! If anyone is post-worthy, these folks certainly are. They came down [...]
Posted in Life in JuarezTags: Colonia Palo Chino, Color, Garden Initiative, hope, Mexico, mmLindsey, Yobel Market
July 4th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Boots on the Ground
The operation’s staffing level remains at 7,500 soldiers and 2,300 federal police officers, Torres said… Deaths had dropped to around one or two a day in March but are now averaging about seven homicides daily. More than 130 people have been killed so far this month. More than 2,300 people have been killed since January [...]
Posted in Violence in JuarezTags: Ciudad Juarez, Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times, Mexico, Violence in Juarez, War on Drugs
July 1st, 2009 by mmlindsey
12 Hours Later…
Now that you’ve grown up
You can finally learn to be a child
We made it to the end of the world
But we’ll never make it out alive
Ben Harper
Sunday afternoon we had uninvited guests. Another Mexican Military check on our house and the property of Amigos. 20 soldiers went through every house on the block looking for [...]
Posted in Life in JuarezTags: Ben Harper, Ciudad Juarez, Colonia Palo Chino, Matt and Misty Lindsey, Mexico, The Desert
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July 31st, 2009 by Matt Lindsey