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where on earth
Dec 10 2021

WHERE ON EARTH IS SAFE?

Part of the Christmas story is hard to talk about.  A cute baby in the manger with the animals looks great in a nativity scene.  A crazy tyrant hunting down little kids? Not so much.  Why did that have to happen?  If God could warn...

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where on earth
Dec 12 2019

WHERE ON EARTH IS SAFE?

Part of the Christmas story is hard to talk about.  A cute baby in the manger with the animals looks great in a nativity scene.  A crazy tyrant hunting down little kids, not so much.  Why did that have to happen?  If God could warn...

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border crossing
Sep 16 2018

CROSSING THE BORDER

Stephen and Jennie Allison have been taking a group of us from Mountain View across the border on the third Saturday of each month. We travel to a refugee shelter just across the border in the red light district of Zona Norte Tijuana.  In and...

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Dec 04 2017

GENEROSITY GOES BOTH WAYS

Generosity is not just about giving to those in need.  Empowering people to provide for themselves gives them dignity and self worth along with needed help.  The ACCTS Community Center in Husn, Jordan empowers refugee women to provide for themselves and their families.  Their focus...

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aliens
Aug 30 2017

ALIENS, DREAMERS AND EMPATHY

Many of the refugees we are helping in Jordan are not officially "refugees".  You see, a refugee is someone who has applied to the U.N. for "refugee status" because their home has no longer become safe. People who flee their country without entering a refugee...

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