Posts Tagged ‘hope’
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 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 [...]
January 20th, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez on the ground perspective – Yobel 1
Thank you, dear friends, for choosing Juarez, believing love over the lie of fear, calling forth a better day for our family here in Juarez. Thank you for standing with the millions of abandoned ones and carrying faith to those who have all but given up. Your presence here, the spirit you brought and love [...]
January 18th, 2011 by mmlindsey
Yobel Market: Juárez tailoring project
It is easy for me to talk about dreaming for the simple reason that I happened to be born in the United States. However, for over half of the people on this planet, even the dream of just skimming above the poverty line is more like a child’s fairy-tale than anything actually attainable.
January 10th, 2011 by Matt Lindsey
Juárez: Be here now
Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise ~antonio porchia~ Here we are in Ciudad Juárez and somehow that is enough. We have been called naive, foolish and credulous, but we are here. We come to share life. The first neighbors that we ran into in [...]
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
February 7th, 2011 by Matt Lindsey