LAC Mission Coworker Stories Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/topic/lac_missionary_stories/ Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Global Ministries works with approximately 290 faith-based international partners in close to 90 countries. Our Vision: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life. Our Mission: To receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:12:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.globalministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon-150x150.png LAC Mission Coworker Stories Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/topic/lac_missionary_stories/ 32 32 Hope Chest: Remembering Juanito Carter https://www.globalministries.org/hope-chest-remembering-juanito-carter/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:12:12 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=58504 By Elena Huegel who serves with the Intercultural Research and Studies Institute (INESIN) in Mexico. I can feel the smooth wood of the tiny box in my palm.  I wait until the plane takes off, as instructed, to turn it over … Read more

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]]> Solecito https://www.globalministries.org/solecito/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 14:27:25 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=54870 Written by: Alex Maldonado-Lizardi and Xiomara Cintron-Garcia who serve with the Christian Centre for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action (Justapaz), Bogota, Colombia “I’m keen to break the war into a thousand pieces.” -Gioconda Belli Martha Soley, better known as “Solecito”, was born on August … Read more

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]]> A time for gratitude https://www.globalministries.org/a-time-for-gratitude/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:58:25 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=54282 by Elena Huegel who serves with the Intercultural Research and Studies Institute (INESIN) in Mexico As a review of my ministry over the last year, in preparation for new workshops and courses ahead, I decided to read the “Gratitude Journal” … Read more

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]]> So that sorrow does not finish us https://www.globalministries.org/so-that-sorrow-does-not-finish-us/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:42:53 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=50774 Alex Maldonado-Lizardi and Xiomara Cintron-Garcia serve with Justapaz in Colombia. Camilo Anderson Chávez Castro’s* pastora, Carmen Lara*, told us this story in 2021 for the first time. She was far from her municipality, in the dark dining room of a … Read more

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]]> The relevance and usefulness of Theological Education: The experience in the Disciples of Christ church in Guadalajara https://www.globalministries.org/the-relevance-and-usefulness-of-theological-education-in-the-pastoral-the-experience-in-the-disciples-of-christ-church-in-guadalajara/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:36:20 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=50632 Carlos Sediles-Real serves the Theological Community of Mexico (CTdeM). In this last period of missionary service (June – December 2022), we served pastorally in the Disciples of Christ Church in Guadalajara, Jalisco. A highly enriching experience for our ministry, allowing … Read more

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]]> How good and pleasant it is that families live in harmony: An experience of pastoral accompaniment. https://www.globalministries.org/how-good-and-pleasant-it-is-that-families-live-in-harmony/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:22:17 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=50618 Cindy Moraga-Selva served the Theological Community of Mexico (CTdeM). During the last semester of 2022, our missionary work was to provide pastoral accompaniment to a local congregation of the Disciples of Christ church in Guadalajara, Jalisco. This community of faith … Read more

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]]> Defenders of Life and Mother Earth https://www.globalministries.org/defenders-of-life-and-mother-earth/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:33:59 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=49835 Elena Huegel serves with the Intercultural Research and Studies Institute (INESIN) in Mexico. A gentle drizzle bathes the forested mountains around the city of Jovel, the place of tall grasses, as San Cristóbal de las Casas is known in Tzotzil, … Read more

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]]> Dancing to the music of transformation https://www.globalministries.org/dancing-to-the-music-of-transformation/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:02:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=49225 By Ruth Marissa Quistiano Ramos Translated and edited by Elena Huegel Elena Huegel serves with the Intercultural Research and Studies Institute (INESIN) in Mexico. What has the “Retoños en las ruinas: esperanza en el trauma” (Roots in the ruins: hope … Read more

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]]> They Call Us Aunt and Uncle https://www.globalministries.org/they-call-us-aunt-and-uncle/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:50:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=49205 Bruce and Linda Hanson serve with The Evangelical Church in Honduras. “Can we call you tia?” Yadira asked. Yadira, age 9, had been coming to our reading group for the last few weeks and was enjoying the books, and working hard … Read more

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]]> Help Comes from Them https://www.globalministries.org/help-comes-from-them/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:17:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=48739 “I lift up my eyes to the mountains—    where does my help come from?”-Psalm 121.1 In her life, Aura Alina Domínguez Chauza has had three names. Her mother called her Aura Elina, but the priest in her town registered her … Read more

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