On Thursday, January 29th we arrived in Altar, Mexico. We met with el Padre Priciriano, our contact person and priest for the local Roman Catholic Church. After a full day, we had dinner and then a small group of people went to el Padre’s service. I was one of them.
El Padre talked in Spanish so I didn’t really understand exactly what he was saying but I know that he was offering a blessing to the migrants. The migrants were asked to come up and go forward toward the Padre and he blessed them and gave them items for traveling in the desert. Even though it was a short service, the Padre’s message felt very powerful. I felt sad to see the migrants getting ready to go into the desert. I had already experienced how hot the desert was and knew how dangerous their journey would be. I knew that they would be crossing the border and that it would be very hard for them to survive.
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