IWC SEEKS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The Interfaith Welcome Coalition (IWC) is seeking new board members for the 2023-2025 term to carry out its mission to meet the changing needs of asylum-seekers, refugees, and at-risk immigrants.…
THE KERRVILLE BACKPACK FRIENDS
On the second Thursday of each month, about a half-dozen Hill Country friends settle into Coral Adema’s comfortable dining room and link into the IWC General Zoom meeting. (Attendees see only…
EDUARDO
By Barbara Edens Eduardo from Ecuador arrived at the airport. He had not eaten, so I walked with him to the café in Terminal A and bought him a…
DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
By Sr. Sharon Altendorf Last week, a young Spanish-speaking man asked me if I remembered him. I’m sorry to say I did not. A year ago, he told me, he…
RUTH AND NAOMI
by Dawn Silvius One sunny Saturday morning this past winter, I stopped by the bus station to deliver fresh lunches. There were six or eight migrant mothers and children…
THE PHONE CALL
By Jan Olsen Once at the bus station, a father and son were dropped off from the Karnes Detention Center. I could tell immediately that the father was very stressed. He shared…
WENCY
By Mary Grace Ketner and Jo Pendleton In August, Moon Sanchez Brand often found herself as a volunteer on-site manager at the Bungalow Shelter, a short-term, city-sponsored location where migrant families…
OLD VERSE, NEW MEANING
By Katie Myers One day, Sr. Denise brought to the bus station some Spanish Bibles that had been given to her. We offered them up to the families who were…
WATER CARRIERS
Thank you, Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) team, for helping us move 30 cases of water up three flights of stairs at Travis Park Church.
BACKPACKS! BACKPACKS EVERYWHERE!
Sister Mercedes brought IWC about 100 backpacks one morning. Each one has a blanket, a bag of toiletries, and a notebook/pen — all travel necessities! Often times our asylum-seeking friends…