Quick Update

There is very little I enjoy less than sitting in an office. Especially when I could be out meeting and working with some incredible people. However here at KBI we are in the final stages of putting out our first newsletter.

I have spent the majoriy of my mornings in the office on the Arizona side putting the final touches on the newsletter that is being sent to all of our donors and all of the Jesuit communities in the US. I suppose it is pretty exciting? It is certainly a big step for KBI and I sincerely hope that it helps.

Yesterday Adolofo, Father Pete, and I went to Lourdes Catholic School on the Arizona side to meet with a group of high school students called Kino Teens. They are a club of about thrity kids who meet once a month to work out plans for helping KBI. Further once a week four of the kids make their way to our comedor to help serve.


Before the meeting we were invited to see a presentation put on by some of teh students. It was a celebration of Mexico's bicentenial and there was a lot of dancing and explaination of Mexican dress. While the school is taught in English, every student is fluent in both Spanish and English and it is very interesting walking through the halls and hearing everything. The presentation was actually in only spanish until the very last line, "High schoolers, you are dismissed."



I have still been serving at the other comedor every Saturday. Two weeks ago there was not one person who came to eat there, however last week we were jammed packed with 28 people. Maybe it was because we were serving bean burritos the size of a large pizza (two per person...)




Victor only spent three days at the comedor, but it felt like he had been there for weeks. He got there and immediatly started helping. He cleaned, cooked, talked, he did it all. Like many of the migrants that come through the comedor, he lived in Phoenix but was deported. He left three girls and his wife in Phoenix. He headed back to Mexico City to make some money and contemplate his next move.

Jorge, the fella from Guatemala who spent the better part of a month working at the comedor, left other day to to try and cross the border. However him and his entire group were caught by the border patrol. A fella who was also caught, but let go, told us about this. This is the second time Jorge has been caught and it could mean anywhere from 4 months to 5 years in jail. Nestor called Jorge's family in Guatemala the other day to tell them the news. Nestor didn't even want to talk about the conversation. Keep Jorge and his family in your thoughts.

5th edition of Una Parada en el Camino:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/55364005/UPC-9-21

Grupo BETA, the governmental organization that helps migrants was not too happy with our newsletter. I guess a migrant had a bad experience with their services and wrote a bit about them that they did not like in the 4th edition. I will have to be more careful and edit it a bit better. Both the comedor and BETA exist to help the migrants. But it is nice to see that the bulletin is getting around!

Take care all!