Editor’s note: This article is the first part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in Summer 2012. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers about the reasons why immigrants come to our country so that we can better […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Elizabeth Murray In January of 2001, a devastating earthquake hit the Central American country of El Salvador. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, at least 844 people were killed, 4,723 injured, 108,226 houses destroyed and more than 150,000 buildings damaged. The earthquake caused approximately 16,000 landslides. Another earthquake with similar consequences […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Melissa Johansen I met Claudia a few years ago on my first trip to El Salvador. Claudia is a 24-year-old Salvadoran, and she is one of the brightest, kindest, most loving, intelligent people I’ve ever met. Life has not been easy for Claudia. She was born during the brutal Salvadoran civil […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Dawnielle Miller She approached me at the end of a service at church wanting to know if she could have a private meeting with me. We went downstairs and she asked me if I could help with her son’s asylum court case. This was new territory for me! I knew nothing about […]Continue Reading →
