Border Immersion Trip
El Paso, TX/Juarez, Mexico
January 25th-31st 2020
Check out these videos from a recent Border Immersion Trip to El Paso, TX and Juarez, Mexico with the Border Servant Corp a partnership with ECLA churches in El Paso, TX.
I. Saturday
A. Travel from Minneapolis to Phoenix to El Paso https://youtu.be/h460ZfF7cKs
B. Orientation and get settled
II. Sunday
A. Richardo
1. View of valley from Rim Road
2. Mural https://youtu.be/oqUMTXl0tgU
B. Bilingual church service followed by potluck https://youtu.be/jt5xEyALFpY
C. Presentation from Pastor Rose and our
first undocumented immigrant https://youtu.be/2tcbICPydow
D. First trip to Juarez https://youtu.be/XrQbh8DAYJI
1. Marketplace
2. Viva Mexico
III. Monday
A. Colonia visit with undocumented immigrant https://youtu.be/MM07f4uWo8o
B. Chamizal https://youtu.be/-N4u-AVdojg
C. Undocumented Immigrant with
Border Network for Human Rights https://youtu.be/XkckOhcTSoo
IV. Tuesday
A. Border Patrol at the wall https://youtu.be/BB0g-K5hk6Y
B. Colonia visit with undocumented immigrant https://youtu.be/ccvyOwrbva8
and DACA daughter https://youtu.be/R0rdvoYY8qc
V. Wednesday
A. Border Servant Corps (Peace Lutheran Church, Las Cruces, NM)
B. District Court in Las Cruces, NM https://youtu.be/h0YI0QHqwe8
C. Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services https://youtu.be/bsFR7V7Lgj4
D. Dinner at Casa Vides, El Paso, TX https://youtu.be/tFGKlzemwp0
VI. Thursday
A. Anapra Colonia, Juarez, Mexico
1. Library https://youtu.be/rf68rxaOfPg
2. Border encounter https://youtu.be/x8bBK_9aUAg
B. Reuben Garcia https://youtu.be/LPFM5OEj0SA
C. Doctor Mendoza https://youtu.be/DeH3FUCclfk
VII. Friday
A. Reflections https://youtu.be/aSlLaoM5V0Q
B. Travel Home Summary https://youtu.be/Bycgaz9hw4g
** Special thanks to trip photographers Paul Nygaard, Paul Graham, Patty Bjorklund and Dee Larson!