Posts Tagged ‘Ciudad Juárez’
Juárez Tailoring Project goes to Market
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 Seeds of hope are emerging under the warm desert sun. The Tailoring Project that began this past January is teeming [...]
January 24th, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez: On the ground perspective – Yobel 3
Seeking our own glory with men makes faith impossible. The deep self sacrifice that gives up its own glory and seeks the glory of God alone, and that awakens in the soul spiritual sensitivity to the divine – that is faith. A. Murray
January 22nd, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez on the ground perspective – Yobel 2
As we hear daily of the small remnant of churches and groups canceling their trips to Mexico, our hearts sink. We want to share the truth from the mouths of regular folks actually being on the ground in Juarez. We hope this brings a fresh perspective, a new thought. There is more need in Mexico [...]
November 1st, 2010 by Misty Lindsey
Weilding hope for Juárez
Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.
Pope John XXIII
October 29th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
Juárez: On the ground perspective 4
Over the past couple years, we have sought to be a source of hope, a light in the darkest city. Popular media is disenchanting, untrustworthy and unbalanced. The Desert is not an alternative news outlet but an unfolding story; a story through which we seek to offer a rooted perspective of real life in Ciudad [...]
October 26th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
Juárez: On the ground perspective 2
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1.27 The last 48 hours in Juarez have been hell. The news of women and children and innocent people being slaughtered is infuriating. If we allow [...]
October 7th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
Ciudad Juárez: On the Ground
Photo by Bruce Berman Look on victims of abuse as if what happened to them had happened to you. Hebrews 13 – The Message El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico appear to be one great city if you fly over at night. Here on the ground El Paso and Juarez are called “Sister Cities”. [...]
August 5th, 2010 by Misty Lindsey
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 [...]
August 3rd, 2010 by mmlindsey
Amigos Benefit: Helping Hands Yard Sale
One of the most encouraging things for our work in Ciudad Juarez has been the efforts of advocates that have come alongside of us, people who have personally owned the vision and joined us in developing creative and tangible methods of opportunity in Palo Chino and the Sierra Madres. Helping Hands is a small group [...]
March 21st, 2011 by Matt Lindsey