Destination 3/4 - Mexico City, Mexico
Beginning later this month, we plan to travel to four different countries across the globe, spending two months in each place as we seek to witness and participate in the Kingdom of God that is breaking into our world through the lives of Christians. In each place, we are accessing the local, native church community through friends who have been living and working in those areas for several years. Our third of four destinations is Mexico City, home of Conexión Mosaico (Mosaic Connection.)
Conexión Mosaico is made up of dedicated individuals and families who desire to work in partnership to seek individual and community change, and functions as an umbrella for three legally incorporated entities:
1. Comunidades de Shalom (holistic church planting) 2. Transformación Urbana Internacional (research, community development, and advocacy) 3. InKrea (economic and business development)
These three entities have one shared objective: city transformation and expansion of God's kingdom of shalom.
We will be staying with our friends Jean Luc and Shabrae, who have been at work in Mexico for over a decade. I first heard about their work from Shabrae's brother Jay, and was immediately intrigued when he referenced what they are doing to matching many of the ideas and insights found in When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. This book really struck me when I first read it in 2012.
For a few years now, various volunteers have captured footage of the work being done by Conexión Mosaico, and there are scripts prepared for creating several videos that can be used for training purposes. We will be shooting new footage as well as culling what already exists in order to help form these videos into a tool that can be used to take the methods they have been developing to other cities. We're really excited about what they are doing and are inspired by their vision for solving problems of urban poverty. We can't wait to learn from them!
We invite you to learn more about Conexión Mosaico. † Destination 1/4 - Nairobi, Kenya
Destination 3/4 - Mexico City, Mexico
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