Rev. Ramos-Gallardo uses this image of a water-soaked Bible to express the longing for God that a steady stream of rebuilders have felt as they've come to the city of New Orleans.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 04, 2011

Mark Stransky brought a tape measure as a symbol of transformation and hope. As the director of housing at Crossroads in Marion, Virginia, Stransky said that volunteers and community members find grace while repairing houses together. "What the tape measure doesn't measure is the hearts of the people serving on the projects," Stransky said.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 22, 2011

"Jesus learned new things when he went to the border," said Rev. Edgar Avitia, who led the worship in Florida for US-based missionaries of The United Methodist Church. Jesus' continuing education and migration to the border of Tyre and Sidon in Matthew 15:21-28 spoke truth to missionary Jim Perdue, who attended the missionaries meeting on the heels of the immigration task force meeting at the Church Center of the United Nations (CCUN) in New York from September 16 to 18, 2011.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 20, 2011

One by one, Ernesto wore out his welcome at his friends' and relatives' homes in Monterrey, Mexico. He felt that God was literally closing doors he had thought were open to him.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 22, 2010

The reflections below come from two of the 26 United Methodists who joined with more than one thousand people in Mexico City, Mexico from November 2 to 5, 2010, as part of the People's Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights. From community-based, migrant rights, faith-based, women’s, union, and academic organizations, delegates shared their concerns and hopes for migrants everywhere.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 08, 2010

"Radical means go back to the roots. That means dig deeper," said Dr. Siosaia Tuitahi of the Pacific Islander National Caucus of The United Methodist Church (PINCUM). "Your story, my story, will become deeper if we connect to the original story. Never forget. After all, it's not our story. It's God's story that we will continue to tell. Jeremiah said, 'If you are rooted in the Almighty, you will be like the plant by the river. Your leaves will always be green…. And blessed are those who are rooted in Christ Jesus.'"
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 01, 2010

September 15, 2010, Scottsdale, Arizona-- Above the water barrels, the blue flags may be torn or full of bullet holes. Yet every week the workers for Humane Borders fill some of the 100 water stations under these flags.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 15, 2010

The Rev. Joyce Torres currently serves as general secretary of the Council of Evangelical Methodist Churches in Latin America and the Caribbean (CIEMAL). She began her work with CIEMAL in 1998 as the first director of its Youth in Mission program. In this interview with Victoria Furio, she firmly commits to the belief that young people are the lifeblood of the church and that, working together, they really can--and do--transform the world.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Aug 19, 2010

New York, NY, July 21, 2010--The Methodist Church of Mexico is deeply concerned about immigration policy in its own country and the United States, and it especially questions the soundness of the new Arizona law that criminalizes undocumented people in that state.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 22, 2010

New York, NY, October 6, 2009--Environmental protection, Methodism in Latin America, music in Jamaica, and justice issues along the US-Mexican border are among the week-long educational forums available to United Methodist older adults in 2010 and early 2011 through the Primetimers mission volunteer program.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Oct 06, 2009

São Paulo, Brazil, August 27, 2009-- Representatives of Methodist churches from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Methodist University of São Paulo, August 17-21, to celebrate 40 years of collaboration in ministry.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Aug 27, 2009

Pharr, Texas, March 20, 2009--A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Mar 20, 2009

JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 26, 2008 (UMNS)--Once a week during the school year, St. Mark's members such as Rivera venture from El Paso, Texas, to the outskirts of the impoverished community of Juarez, Mexico, to provide food and medical assistance.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Aug 29, 2008