Gustavo was once a camper. Now he is a camp counselor. Something good keeps him coming back. Gustavo grew up in the Ciudad Nueva youth programs and throughout those years, summer was an annual highlight for him. He looked forward every year to new adventures, new friends, and deeper relationships with current leaders and friends. As a leader now in Ciudad Nueva’s youth programs, he is excited to go back to camp and share his experience with the young people he works with. This will be his fifth summer going as a counselor for the incoming sixth grade students. “I love seeing the kids’ … [Read more...]
Letting Them Take a Leap of Faith
Going to camp for the first time is a big deal — for parents and kids! But the rewards are worth saying yes to a new experience. “The first time I sent my son to camp I cried and I didn’t want to let him go,” says Tamy Diaz. “It was so hard to send him away by himself, even with a group of kids and mentors.” Think of all the firsts in parenting: the first tooth, the first step, the first day of school. As our kids grow and mature, there is so much letting go and growing we must do as parents at the same time! Some things like getting that first tooth don’t require much thought on our … [Read more...]
Mustard Seed Café Serves Up Love and Opportunity
...And a delicious meal! From a tiny seed a plant can grow to nourish and sustain many people. A tiny seed of an idea was born in the hearts of our friends Christi Brown, Patsy Burdick and Shelley Speicher to open up the Mustard Seed Café. For about a year before the café actually opened they prepared the meals for Ciudad Nueva youth programs and community dinners as well as volunteered in our after-school programs, building relationships with kids and families in our neighborhood. In addition, Christi and Patsy participated in the Border Fellows class. “God had worked in my heart for … [Read more...]
Meet Our Friends and Partners
Why we build community partnerships Community partnerships are at the center of what we do at Ciudad Nueva. It has been a part of our DNA since the beginning. As we have grown and learned through the years, our partnerships have also matured and improved. Although we might be able to do many things on our own, we believe that partnership is inherent to healthy communities. Communities are made of people, and healthy communities share resources and work together to make things better. Some of the reasons why we build community partnerships include: Not duplicating efforts - We want … [Read more...]
Ciudad Nueva’s Immigration Legal Services Provides Reliable Immigration Advice
Working in communities over many years, we have addressed many different kinds of need — some big and complex and some very small but still important. Sometimes we can work together with community members to discover simple solutions with resources from inside the community. Our Food Co-op is a great example of harnessing the resources and energy within our community to meet a need. You can read more about that project here. Other challenges require more time and more expertise to address properly. Immigration is definitely one of those issues. It is not something we can give flippant or … [Read more...]
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