An Advent Message from Feliberto
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Entonces María dijo: Mi alma engrandece al Señor, y mi espiritu se rogocija en Dios mi Salvador. Then Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit is overjoyed in God my Savior. […]
Category: All God’s Children
Report and Reflection on My Jericho Journey
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Thanks to your donations, prayers, and support, I was able to visit the Lower Rio Grand Valley on a service-learning mission trip with Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries. I departed Sunday afternoon December 2nd and returned home Friday evening December 7th. It’s amazing how big of an impact just one week can have! Those 5 ¼ […]
Justice in My Heart
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My first trip to SWGSM, I was 14 years old: young and eager to help, but naive and unknowing of the world. Just beginning to explore my faith, I agreed to go on a mission trip with one church I had just started attending services at, and another I didn’t know at all. I didn’t […]
Why I Am Going to Serve
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Since I was about 14 years old, I went on mission trips almost every year to the Rio Grande Valley with Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries. SWGSM was founded in 1996 by Cuban Refugee and Disciples Minister Feliberto Pereira. I have a long-list of cherished memories from these trips, which we do not have enough time […]
20 People with Hope at the Border
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Knowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would drop off any released detainees at the bus station in Brownsville, Texas around 4 a.m., Rev. Sharmin DeMoss of Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries and I arrived about 6:45 a.m. and found a group of 16 people who were being assisted by volunteers from Good Neighbor Settlement House […]