Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, You may be feeling in turmoil from the news cycles that move faster than we can think or process. You may be wondering exactly what is happening, as it is hard to discern from afar. As you are people who live your life in love, you are likely wondering […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]