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Category: hope

One Long Journey

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Life is one long journey. Along the way we encounter unexpected turns and moments when we wish we could just turn around but can't.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, faith, hope, Hospitality, immigrants, immigration detention, love, Stewart Detention Center

Love Crosses Borders for Alumnus

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Anton Flores-Maisonet (B.S.W. ’92) frequently commutes from Decatur, Ga., to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to provide hospitality, assistance and accompaniment to recently arrived immigrants and asylum seekers at no cost.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, immigration detention, joy, love, Stewart Detention CenterTagged immigration detention

Grace, Gratitude & Hope

January 2, 2022 Anton1 Comment

This old cabin was once filled with life. A fireplace kept the simple abode warm. A wood-burning stove fed the bellies of inhabitants and guests. Love made this one-room cabin a home. Now it lies in ruin, a relic to a past long forgotten. 2021 and each past year is like this old homestead. Nostalgia… Continue reading Grace, Gratitude & Hope →

Posted in contemplation, hopeTagged grace, gratitude, hope, New Year

Surely, God is with us

December 18, 2021December 20, 2021 AntonLeave a comment

Jorge, with watery eyes proclaimed to Yeldín, "Seguramente, Dios está con nosotros." ("Surely, God is with us.")

Posted in Advent, hope, Hospitality, immigrants, immigration detention, Stewart Detention CenterTagged breaking bread, Ed Loring, generosity, God is with us, radical hospitality

B.’s Attitude

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Anton1 Comment

The unspeakable happened; B.'s beloved suffered a miscarriage.

Posted in asylum, hope, Hospitality, immigration detention, love, UncategorizedTagged Haiti, immigration detention, miscarriage, pregnancy

Midwives of hope

August 2, 2021July 19, 2021 Anton1 Comment

We are called to be midwives of hope.

Posted in hope, immigrants, immigration detention, Remain in Mexico policyTagged family reunification, midwives, midwives of hope

This is Mother’s Day

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 Anton1 Comment

Mothering is hard work, but it’s also a gift of grace and love. Let’s celebrate those who mother us and work to end systems that are ungracious and unloving towards moms everywhere.

Posted in Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, Hospitality, immigrants, Mother's Day, parenting

Turned Around

February 16, 2021April 19, 2021 Anton1 Comment

ICE released the “wrong” men.

Posted in Guatemala, hope, Hospitality, Irwin County Detention Center, Stewart Detention Center, Uncategorized

No place to go

January 28, 2021 Anton1 Comment

O’s never lived in the United States and when he was freed he had no place to go.

Posted in hope, Hospitality, immigrants, Stewart Detention CenterTagged Casa Alterna, immigration detention, radical hospitality

A Happy, Hopeful, Hard New Year

January 1, 2021January 3, 2021 AntonLeave a comment

When a woman who is almost 50 years old requests a stuffed animal, you know it's a happy, hopeful, hard new year.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, hope, immigrants, Irwin County Detention Center, New Year's DayTagged asylees, asylum, immigrant women, Irwin County Detention Center, women's issues

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