Posts Tagged ‘Colonia Palo Chino’
January 28th, 2011 by Misty Lindsey
Juárez: From the children, For the community
This is the truth: unless you change and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 We are indescribably thrilled about the tailoring initiative that just began here in our Colonia Palo Chino. I have been undone by the extravagant excitement behind this project, the [...]
January 26th, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez: On the ground perspective – Yobel 5
Thank you, Yobel, from the bottom of our hearts! You are brave and powerful. Thank you for saying “yes” to Juarez when the world has slammed the door in her face. Thank you for choosing hope. We love you and are honored to live life with you.
January 25th, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez: On the ground perspective – Yobel 4
They’ll rebuild the old ruins, raise a new city out of the wreckage. They’ll start over on the ruined cities, take the rubble left behind and make it new. -Isaiah 61:4
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 9th, 2011 by Misty Lindsey
Juárez: Just One Word
Juárez. Just one word – disdained by the world, restricted by the fear that shackles her. A terror. Abandoned, scorned, forgotten. Juárez. Just one word – my heart leaps. Excitement fills the air. Anticipation. My city, my home. LOVE. Beauty. Life. Friends. Hope and anticipation of what is to come. I recently had a conversation [...]
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
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 [...]
July 30th, 2010 by mmlindsey
February 7th, 2011 by Matt Lindsey