January 31, 2025......

        Well we have been here now almost 3 weeks.....we have settled in, we have met wonderful people and  we continue to experience and learn.  Thanks to all our family and friends for all your love and support.  We feel safe and happy in what we are doing.

    Life here has definitely changed since January 20.  Our numbers are down, shelters are closing and there is probably more fear in the lives of many we see.  We have heard many brave stories.  Futures are uncertain but hope is still alive.  

    Someone asked me....Why did you come?  Why are you still here?  I think we came because we wanted to experience the Border.  We are still here because we choose to be. 

 We do mostly hospitality....we welcome guests, provide them a shower with hot water, a bed, a hot meal......help them get airline tickets or bus tickets to family or friends.....and then they are gone.  We don't know what happens next.....were they able to reach their destinations, did they have trouble changing planes, are they scared in a new country?????  So many questions.  So much uncertainty.

    Monday we are going into Juarez, Mexico to serve lunch at the Cathedral.  I guess we wanted to experience the other side of the border.  We will walk over the bridge....I think I am a bit nervous....o fiddleeee deeee...... 

Juarez..........