MY SIX NEW GRANDCHILDREN THROUGH IWC
By Minerva Briones I have four Granddaughters. The other day at the Greyhound bus station during my shift (3 p.m. – 8 p.m.), we welcomed 62 children—with their parents, of…
BACKPACK BRIGADE
For several years now, the Backpack Brigade—a group of three men and six women—has been meeting every Monday morning at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on St. Mary’s Street. The church has been so…
EVELINE AND SANTIAGO’S STORY: THE POWER OF COMPASSION
Image by Juanita Foucault from Pixabay By Jo Pendelton Jessica, the lead pediatric social worker at University Hospital, called me a few weeks ago about Eveline and her son Santiago, a ten-year-old with severe…
GIFT OF PEACE
By Terry and Lucretia Burton Some months ago, Lucretia and I were at the bus station on a Saturday morning shift. At this time, it was not unusual seeing a…
GETTING SEPARATED ALONG THE WAY
Photo Credit: RawPixel.com By Michelle Riboul I started volunteering at the airport in 2023. It has been a blessing for me to help migrants print their tickets, explain how to…
IWC VOLUNTEER HELPS SOMEONE BY HELPING HER CHILDREN
By Clemencia L. Prieto In the Fall of 2022, while on duty at the bus station, I saw a guest sitting on one of the benches who seemed worried and…
NEVERTHELESS THEY STOOD…FOR ME
A Poem by Moon Sánchez-Brand My neighbors told me the “gringos” will hate on me I didn’t want to leave the land of my people To travel for months in…
SA’S NEW POET LAUREATE NOT NEW TO IWC
In 2019, around 100 IWC volunteers went to Laredo to join our collaborators there for Bold Border Action, a daylong event that included a Riverside memorial service for those who…
BETO’S WILD RIDE
By Mary Grace Ketner Sometimes helping a migrant reach his final destination involves a lot of logistics and teamwork among numerous individuals and organizations. That was the case with one…