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I’m grateful to God for this simple lesson: “What I saw as a misfortune has become a blessing for another, who in turn, out of their need, blessed me.”
I want to share with you a little of what I’ve learned...
Migration is an act of courage
Migration is complicated and stories of migration, like their protagonists, are unique. What they have in common is the combination of resilience and the human desire to survive. In the countries of the Centra...
How border militarization in southern Mexico is putting Central American migrants at risk
Doña Francisca* keeps a photo of herself and a young relative, Kevin*, on her phone. In the photo, Doña Francisca is wearing a mask, but Kevin is bare-faced, clean-cut and smiling. He looks like a good kid. “H...
The Heresy of U.S. Exceptionalism
As extremists scaled the wall of the U.S. Capitol, I sat less than four miles away, staring at my computer screen and trying to follow the news reports covering what some called an attempted coup. Sirens waile...
Redeeming a Lost Decade
The date was December 1981; the place, La Ceiba, Honduras. Oscar Dueñas, a young Mennonite electrician’s assistant, was leaving work with his cousin in the dark, around 6 p.m. As they walked by the high school...
Bordo? What is a bordo?
At the beginning of my service with MCC, I had a lot of questions swirling around in my head. Many of them made my doubt I’d be able to do my job. Back then, the only thing I was sure of was that I had made on...
Walking in Justice: MCC in Honduras
As we celebrate Mennonite Central Committee’s centennial year, I was curious to learn more about the organization’s presence in Honduras. According to the common narrative, 2020 is MCC’s fortieth anniversary i...
Dreaming of a Better Life
When one spends two intense weeks driving around Honduras and Guatemala visiting MCC partners who are working with migrants, it’s inspiring and troubling. It’s inspiring to meet with and hear the stories of peo...
Living in Harmony
Sitting in the dappled sunlight by this remote stream in southern Honduras, it was hard to believe that 20 years ago, there were no trees here at all. In October of 1998, Hurricane Mitch sent a roaring torrent ...