Refugees

Lent comes to us providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.  - Pope Francis 

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.  - Martin Luther 

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. - 1 John 4:7 

Never again. These are words that I have heard echoed many, many times in my life in reference specifically to the Holocaust and the driving force behind the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol. Never again will honorable countries and state entities turn away people who have a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a social group.

"Don't be discouraged today.  You can leave your 'what-ifs' and 'if-onlys' in the hands of the One who loves you and rules all things." - Paul Tripp

What has happed to immigration policy since our last update?  Here’s a list of important things you should know broken down for a quick overview.  

Our times are in your hands.  We come to you now in our strength and in our weakness, in our hope and in our despair, in our buoyancy and in our disease.  We come to pray for ouselves and for all like us who seek and yearn for life anew with you and from you and for you.  - Walter Brueggemann

To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark, that is faith.  - C.H. Spurgon 

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us. - Elizabeth Elliot 

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. -Ephesians 5:1-2