...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...]
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...]
