EMOTIONAL DAY AT THE BUS STATION
Photo Credit: Jo Naylor, Flickr By Heather Nickodem It was an emotional day. We helped a gentleman whose wife had recently died in the jungle. She was seven-months pregnant. He…
SONGS OF MIGRATION: RIO GRANDE
Long-time IWC member Mary Grace Ketner has been collecting songs, prayers and poems over the years that speak to the experiences of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. One of them is…
PROVIDENTIAL
By Minerva Briones On a Monday afternoon, Rebecca Flores came to the bus station to drop off some clothing. As we went to the parking lot to put the clothing…
COLD FRONT BRINGS SPECIAL CHALLENGES TO IWC VOLUNTEERS
A COLD FRONT BRINGS SPECIAL CHALLENGES TO IWC VOLUNTEERS by Michelle Rumbaut The cold front sweeping the country is making itself known even down south in San Antonio. Friday the…
WELCOME KABIBI BAMUAMBA, HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR
Welcome Kabibi Bamuamba, Hospitality Coordinator IWC welcomes our new Hospitality Coordinator Kabibi Bamuamba! We met Kabibi when she first arrived in the United States and applied for asylum. She speaks…
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…