Vanessa's Ventures

“God is faithful” “He has provided what we need” “Everything is in his time” These are some of the things I heard when I visited a migrant camp on the Mexico border. Going to Mexico was another one of those dreams or items on my bucket list, so when the young people from my area started talking about this opportunity I was down for the adventure. After hearing stories and seeing migrants at different parts of their journey throughout South America I thought it would be interesting to talk with them now that they are almost to the USA. Because, of course, the American dream is their dream. We bounced along the roads in Mexico until we came to a certain gate where, once we passed through, it was as though we had entered a different world. We drove past food vendors, neat rows of houses and tents, a play ground with many children, and all the things one would find in a normal town, only closer together. A miniature town all on its own. Looking around reminded me of the waiting place in th