Editors Note: This Blog first appeared on, August 10, 2012 Outside of my home country of South Korea, there is no other country except the United States where people can assume that I am “one of them.” This is because there are Americans that look like me, and also perhaps because of this […]Continue Reading →
If you know someone who is going through deportation and don’t know what to do for them, today is your lucky day. Here are 3 things you can do that will go a long way in alleviating the stress and strain that they […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog is the fourth 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. His first entry can be found here, and his second one here. The goal of this series is to educate […]Continue Reading →
The sermon at my church last week focused on the passage in Luke 4 where, after earning the praise of the people of Nazareth for his “the gracious words that came from his lips,” Jesus quickly says some further things that turn the crowd against him, so dramatically so that […]Continue Reading →
I think we can all agree that despite it being only Wednesday, this week has already been extremely pivotal for immigration reform. On Monday we saw a bipartisan group of senators (or the “Gang of 8” as some would call them) unveil their plan for […]Continue Reading →
They called me “100% gringo.” If I had been white enough to blush, my anger and frustration would have instantly been revealed. However, my skin wasn’t white. They didn’t see my anger, frustration and shame. Back in the United States, calling a Latino a gringo was either a bad joke or an […]Continue Reading →
“Grateful that I’m not the person I used to be, and working on the person God wants me to be.” Dear readers, I would like to share my brother’s story. On Thursday morning, December 13th, 2012, my mother heard a car outside our house. She looked out the window and saw a man […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Update (May 2, 2013): G92 is joining other Christian organizations throughout the country in urging you to pray fervently over the next ninety-two days for immigration reform. Please commit to praying & sign up for weekly requests and reminders at www.pray4reform.org. Last year, I wrote a New Year’s […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog is the third 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. His first entry can be found here, and his second one here. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers […]Continue Reading →
My wife and I spent last weekend in New York City. In addition to spending some time with good friends and seeing Rockefeller Center’s famous Christmas tree, we had the chance to explore some of the immigrant history of New York. I’m convinced that if every American adult went on the immigration history tour […]Continue Reading →
