...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...]
Border Fellows: Investing in Their Futures and Their Communities
In the world today there are boundless factors pulling youth to and fro. With so many opportunities to chase after it can be confusing and overwhelming to find a life path after college. The Border Fellows program provides direction and learning opportunities for young adults looking to take advantage of this unique time of life. Ciudad Nueva has co-led the Border Fellows program since 2010, hosting sixteen recent college graduates over that time period. Those participants have committed a year to service, learning, and spiritual growth while participating in the work we do here at Ciudad … [Read more...]
Staying Open to a World of Possibility
Meet this year’s Border Fellow, Lexi Lexi is from Northern Virginia and graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, last year. Her small group leader in college had done a Fellowship Initiative program in Charlotte, North Carolina, and told Lexi about it during her sophomore year. It sounded interesting, but she thought she would be anxious to get a job right out of college. The Fellows Initiative is the parent program of our local Border Fellows program. For more information about these, click here to read our earlier post. When she was finally in her senior year, the … [Read more...]
