All is well for me in Nogales...

Nothing really new here. I have been walking groups of men to a shelter each night. I really enjoy the time to joke with the men and learn a bit more about their stories. The newsletter is coming along great too...

I never found out their names, but this couple from Gurrero was incredible. Male deported migrants here in Nogales have 5 nights of shelter. After 5 nights they are forced to the streets. For women they can take advantage of the Kino shelter for up to 15 days. This couple spent the first five days in the shelter, however on the 6th day they were forced to seperate. The wife stayed in the Kino shelter while I walked the husband to house that occasionaly takes in migrants and was able to convince the owner to shelter the husband for the night. However the husband was clearly distraught. He was extremely concerned about his wife. At 6 the following morning I was out and I saw him waiting at the comedor door. The meal is not till 9 but he was nervously waiting for his wife. The women of the shelter eat breakfast together so she did not come to breakfast in the comedor. The husband did not even touch his food. I thought he was going to cry. When his wife finally showed up to the comedor after breakfast it was like they had not seen eachother for years. He was almost crying he was so happy to see her... That has got to be love.


My back made it into the city paper. Aldo, a fellow volunteer did an interview about the comedor. A cameraman and reporter came in. I was walking past a service for teh migratns when a fella who has spent a couple days in the comedor ran up to me with the paper. "Anew! Anew! (Andrew is a very tough name to say) Your back is famous!" is what he told me.

For my moms birthday, instead of asking for gifts, she asked for indgredients to make bag lunches for a soup kitchen in Boston. Her and her friends got together the other night and made some incredible lunches to be past out to the soup kitchen. Awesome Awesome stuff. My parents are coming to visit Nogales in 2 days. I am really looking forward to seeing them!

New Kino Border Initiative Blog:
http://www.kinoborder.blogspot.com/

9th Edition:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/57858792/UPC-1018

This is the life of a migrant... Many arrive, others no, but while borders and poverty exist there will always be people looking to find a better quality of life. While still others decided to spend their lives intimidating and robbing those very people trying to escape poverty of not only their money, but their dreams. However, there many more here to help like the Kino Border Initiative and No More Deaths. They offer more than food. They offer hope...