Comments on: Hole in the Wall

By: Mikhail

Mikhail — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:43:30 +0000

Oh…America – the Promised Land. A huge myth. I guess these poor people are running away from terrible things but what will they find in America? Minimum wage jobs? The world is in terrible state.

By: Madelyn Higby

Madelyn Higby — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:52:13 +0000

For those who want to help:
https://welcome.us/become-a-sponsor/sponsor- Ukrainians

https://welcome.us/become-a-sponsor-families-through-p4chnv

By: Bet

Bet — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:56:18 +0000

Leads me to pray:
Father God, We are desperate for You in our lives. Please forgive our selfishness, our injustices, and our lack of faith. For too long, we have ignored You and put our own interests above the needs of others. Pour out your grace in our lives so we overflow with your goodness, kindness, peace, and joy. Let everything we do, be done in love. Help us to comfort the grieving, strengthen the weak, speak truth to the deceived, and in everything bring You honor and glory. Let Your name be lifted high as we turn to You and shine light in the darkness.

By: Scott La Point

Scott La Point — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:22:04 +0000

If someone shows up in my backyard, hungry, afraid, unsure of what to do, like Pastor Michael, I hope I’d offer some food, a warm blanket, and a hearing heart who can listen to his or her story, a story that no doubt includes unspoken fears fringed with unbelievable hope. This issue of immigration is not an easy one to tackle, Philip, and I struggle just to provide for my own family much less any “stranger” or migrant who makes his way to my hometown in Northern Colorado.

It saddens me to realize how polarizing this issue has become, with the line apparently drawn between those who have and the decision to help the have-not’s. Personally, I believe Jesus calls us to love our neighbor, but exactly how that neighbor looks from across a barbed-wire fence isn’t an image that is as clearly defined as I’d like it to be. That America is seen as the Promise Land is something none of us can probably imagine, but I pray that those lucky enough to survive the trek across deserts and political cross-fire will be given the opportunity to legally become citizens here. In the meantime, all I can do is love, to see myself in their shoes, and to hope that others will reach out to me the way Jesus did to so many who were searching for so much more than a place to live.

By: Ken Kemp

Ken Kemp — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:26:48 +0000

To Mark Bodnarczuk - Thank you for sharing the heartbreaking story of your beautiful son Thomas. I share your grief. While some have exploited the tragedy of the fentanyl crisis to advance a political agenda, the national disaster is real. No one knows that as well as you. As a loving father, you have paid a horrible price and suffered an unthinkable loss - your closing line is powerful - "It’s only through God’s grace and a commitment to face my grief fearlessly that I survived the death of my son and have found new life on my journey forward."

By: Joyce Denton

Joyce Denton — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:34:10 +0000

Dr. Olsson brought up relevant and thought provoking questions. It does put responsibility back on the migrants to at least answer instead of being perceived as totally powerless. They did make a decision. Maybe justifiable. Perhaps not. But a decision nevertheless.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 13:25:32 +0000

One more:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/undocumented-immigrants-are-half-as-likely-to-be-arrested-for-violent-crimes-as-u-s-born-citizens/

jjk

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 13:20:16 +0000

In response to your friend’s data, Mr. Yancey:

https://www.cato.org/blog/new-research-illegal-immigration-crime-0

In Him,
jjk

By: Mark Bodnarczuk

Mark Bodnarczuk — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:11:57 +0000

I agree with the first physician’s post. To amplify it, another part of this issue is that the uncontrolled influx of migrants so overwhelms the Border Patrol, that the two main Mexican cartels who are shipping fentanyl over the boarder can cross in other places, undetected.

Another important point is that while many people are “overdosing” on fentanyl (taking too much), thousands of other unsuspecting victims are being poisoned by purchasing what’s sold as a prescription medication on Snap Chat for $15 (i.e., Xanax, Percocet, Adderall, etc.), when these are actually counterfeit pills that contain a lethal dose of fentanyl.

I learned about this dark crime the hard way…

My 18-year-old son, Thomas, came home from work at about 9:10 PM on May 1, 2021. My wife, Elin, and I, chatted with him for a few minutes, then he went to his room. That was the last time we saw our son alive. He took what was sold on Snap Chat as a single Xanax pill, and that one pill killed him. I found his could lifeless body in his bedroom when I went to wake him the next morning for our on-line church service.

The link below describes how few consequences there were for the guy who killed my son.

https://victims.druginducedhomicide.org/victims-list/thomas-larson-bodnarczuk/

It’s only through God’s grace and a commitment to face my grief fearlessly that I survived the death of my son and have found new life on my journey forward.

By: Betty Nance Smith

Betty Nance Smith — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:08:07 +0000

Thank you for sharing both sides. Our church helps a NM group gather up “Dignity Bags”–a large Ziplock bag filled with toiletries and a washcloth plus a note of compassion in Spanish for those in El Paso. IT is such a mess at the border, yet these are real people with real needs. Truckloads of Dignity Bags are a small compassion but at least those that get them are gifted with the knowledge someone cares.
Handmade cloth bags with a few toys, crayons, booklets and toiletries have also been sent to children in particular. We cannot FIX the problem, but we can be compassionate.