Hispanics for Jesus

"Each one of you has your own story of 'exodus'. For many different reason, all good reasons, each of you left your own villiages, your family and everything familiar, to finally arrive here in America."

This is how I began to introduce the art exhibition "Through the Eye of a Needle" that we went to see at the Art Museum. The 32 hand stitched panels on display were created to illustrate the exodus of two little girls out of Poland during the Nazi occupation. Some showed the girls playing in their village home, others showed them traveling along dangerous roads with a companion their mother had paid to guide them away, and in others we could see them hiding in forests or encountering Nazi guards along the road. As I faced my little group of 15 women, I was moved to tears as I saw their own tears begin to flow. Representing five different countries, each one of them was identifying with some aspect of the little sisters' trails. We walked through the exhibit quietly, thoughtfully. It was a moving experience for us all.

I hope that I can inspire some of the women to "illustrate" a chapter from her own exodus in some way. They are an important part of the continuing story of America - a part that needs to be recorded.

I am recalling the verses in the Bible that refer to Jesus giving up His own place in order to become an immigrant here on Earth. He left everything in order to give His children an opportunity for Life. How much more powerful these verses are to me now after the experience at the museum.

If you choose to view the attached photos, I hope you will think to pray for these ladies, most of whom have become Christ Followers in the last year. As their tears indicate, they carry with them such great wounds. May the God of peace heal those deep places and may their sacrifices, somehow, someday, bring Life.

Blessings to you!
Carol