We’ve spent the day with Jacob’s Well KC and Youthfront KC visiting a migrant camp in Acuña, Mexico run by volunteers from Acuña. First off, we want to give praise to the volunteers and churches of Acuña for working so hard to try and help shelter and care for these migrants. It was a blessing to see a community show up where the public sector has fallen a little short.

There aren’t many words that can accurately convey what visiting this camp was like. In a certain way, these situations are even more heartbreaking than certain things we respond to in Haiti. Again, there aren’t many words.

Today we listened to migrants’ stories, helped restock camp food and supplies, and were given a tour of the camp which is currently holding about 600 people, most of them Haitian. These individuals and families have each traveled thousands of miles and spent thousands of dollars in search of a better, safer life. Unfortunately, many of them are now stuck in this situation at the border. Hopefully many of these migrants will receive legal status to work in either Mexico or the U.S. in the coming months. However, we’re not exactly sure what is going to happen. At the very least we know that we will do our best to keep supporting those in need at this migrant camp!