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Building Relationships and Understanding Across Borders
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| | Felipe, member of Lirio de los Valles, and James FDC Intern at the Marcha Para Jesus |
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June 30, 2015
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30 de junio, 2015
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A Message From The Board of Directors
Frontera de Cristo seeks to build relationships and under-standing across borders. We hope to be an instrument of God's healing touch so that people of different nations and languages, genders and cultures, faith traditions and economic situations, legal statuses and generations can see one another as sisters and brothers created in the Divine Image called to pray and work for a more loving, peace-filled and just world!
We are grateful for your partnership in our ministry and continue to need your prayers, encouragement and support! Please consider supporting your ministry here on the border with a one time or recurring gift and/or in anyway that God may lead you to participate (Top Ten List: ways to support your b-national ministry)!
On behalf of your ministry on the border,
Jeni O'Callaghan Ramon Garcia Jeff Krongaard Carmina Sanchez
President Vice President Treasurer Secretary
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Blessings Out of Suffering
by The Adams Maldonado Family, Presbyterian Mission Co-workers Serving with FDC
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| | Miriam (r) and Lorena (l) sharing in one another's joys and suffering. |
Anna Flor looked out at the congregation-a congregation that has experienced a tremendous amount of suffering: the sickness and subsequent death of Pastor Rodolfo in December; the loss of leaders; broken relationships; a large percentage of the congregation far from their homelands and in "economic exile" in Agua Prieta, where they seek to respond to the question "How can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" Anna Flor looked out at them and asked, "What do you think about when you are suffering?"
"Jesus was suffering greatly on the cross," she said. "Despite his suffering and impending death, he was thinking about his mom and his disciple. We are the body of Christ and we suffer too, not as much as Jesus was suffering on the cross, but we lost our pastor and we have problems. But we as the body of Christ need to follow Jesus' example and we need to think about others even in the midst of our suffering."
To read full article click here.
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HELP CHOOSE THE LOGO
FOR THE NEW COFFEE SHOP
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FDC, Café Justo and CRREDA (drug rehab center) continue working hard preparing for the opening of the Café Justo y Más coffee shop. We are grateful to Gwyn Roske for working with us to design several logo options. Please go to our Facebook page and vote for the logo you like best by "liking" your favorite or just click on one of the images below and then "like".
We are still receiving donations to help make the new coffee shop possible. Please consider making a donation that will not only expand the impact of Café Justo but also help address the root causes of drug violence providing alternatives for youth and young adults.
- $50 10 coffee mugs
- $100 3 Thermal Beverage Dispensers (Pumpers)
- $250 Commercial Coffee Maker
- $500 Commercial Sink
- $2,500 Audio Visual Equipment
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Anita Sanchez: A Story from the Border
by Brenda Cuellar, FDC Bi-national Intern Serving as US Coordinator of the Migrant Resource Center
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 Meet Anita Sanchez (real name omitted for privacy). Anita is a quiet, faith filled, caring, and BRAVE woman. When Anita first entered the Migrant Resource Center, she mentioned the immense pain she had on her knees. When she rolled up her pants, I saw a thick layer of skin scraped off on both of her kneecaps. I began to clean and bandage her up. Her eyes were so watery; she was trying so hard not to cry. She then began sharing her story...
Anita is 30 years old and is from the state of Hidalgo. She has two daughters and one son. Her husband is in the United States with their two daughters while their boy is in Mexico. Anita lived in Utah for seven years. She returned to Mexico to visit her sick parent about a year in a half ago. Throughout her period of being in Mexico away from her family, Anita applied for a humanitarian visa since she doesn't have any proper documentation to enter the U.S. legally. This visa is for people who have an immediate family member who is sick or has died. Anita's five year old daughter has had three surgeries and currently needs another one.
To read the entire story click here.
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The battalion of "El Lirio de los Valles"
by Lorena Ocampo Campos, Pastoral Leader of Lirio de los Valles
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On June 14, steady, girded with the belt of truth, wearing the breastplate of righteousness and fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace the Lirio de los Valles Church took the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit to start sharing the gospel in a new territory for us, planting seeds of the kingdom of heaven.
What a moment! see as the light begins to infiltrate into Alamitos, a community captured by the spiritual forces of evil; harassed for years by the use of addictive substances, especially in their youth, mostly children ages 12-17.
Without further ado, I want to share what happened, as we say in Mexico: "Al grano." To read the full article please click here.
Click to See More Pictures of the Day of Service!
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Leaving with the curiosity of children
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As I am almost about to end as an intern with Frontera de Cristo, and become a 7th grade science teacher this has made me reflect on my life here in the communities of Douglas and Agua Prieta. The truth is that I could not come up with a more beautiful life than I have here in these communities. The opportunity of working and living in such a unique and beautiful bi-national community with such loving people is a blessing everyday in my life that makes me laugh, smile, love and feel the pain of this world. To read more of James' blog click here.
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| CAME Celebrates 15 years of service
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Congratulations to our partners of the CAME (the Exodus Migrant Shelter) for 15 years of service to God and our sister and brothers who are migrating.
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Presbyterian Border RegioPresbyterian Border Regio
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SAVE THE DATE!!!!! OCTOBER 16
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Grateful for an incredible team of folks from St. Mark's Presbyterian, St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian, St. Pius X Catholic, Casas Adobe United Church of Christ, Christ the King Episcopal, Corpus Christi Catholic and St. Michael's Episcopal for planning the fall Taste of Chiapas in Tucson.
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Muchas Gracias
to all the delegations who shared life and ministry with us in June!!
Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Andover Newton Theological Seminary,
Newton, MA
Support
Frontera de Cristo by:
1) Joining us in giving thanks to God for:
--the blessing of our call to witness that Jesus Christ is our peace across the borders that seek to divide us;
--for the former board members and staff who have already joined the great cloud of witnesses:
Don Eckhardt
Amelia del Pozo
Betty Mae Seel
Cecilia Castellanos
Bertha Miramontes
Margi Buehler
2) Praying with us for God's guidance and help in:
--Discerning where God is leading us as we seek a new Mexican Coordinator;
--Responding to the reality of the impact of drugs on the families and communities of Agua Prieta;
3) Providing Support to the Migrant Resource Center:
-The MRC invites YOU to visit or volunteer. Come, learn, and be blessed by our brother and sister migrants.
-MRC Donation needs:
-Shoelaces
-Men's clothing
-Warm clothing (Winter is coming! Jackets, gloves, hats, etc.)
-MRC Volunteers commute by bike-but we need helmets and bike lights! Please consider donating to help keep us safe on
the roads.
-Financial donations will help pay MRC operating costs, but food items when donations are scarce and keep our bicycles in operating condition.
3) Donating by clicking the donate now button.
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