Prayer for World Peace 1978

Lord, we pray for the power to be gentle;

 the strength to be forgiving; the patience to be understanding;

and the endurance to accept the consequences of holding to what we believe to be right.

 
May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil and the power of love to overcome hatred. 

We pray for the vision to see and the faith to believe in a world emancipated from violence,

 a new world where fear shall no longer lead men to commit injustice,

 nor selfishness make them bring suffering to others.

 
Help us to devote our whole life and thought and energy to the task of making peace,

 praying always for the inspiration and the power to fulfill

 the destiny for which we were created. AMEN

Here is some background of Manos Juntas Mexico (MJM). It is a ministry of the Methodist Church of Mexico, located in Rio Bravo in the state of Tamaulipas in Northeast Mexico. It is a 45-minute drive from McAllen, TX. Manos Juntas has been helping the community and surrounding areas since 1992.

MJM has come to the point in their ministry to have the focus of long term, high impact effects and measurable results.  MJM Community Center Project works to improve the lives of all members of the families through education for the young, skills and job training for parents, nutritional and health education, health care, counseling and prayer. More importantly, MJM works empowers the community to solve problems on their own. MJS has started the “Vamos Tamaulipas Community Center” with kindergarten and elementary school classes for children left out of the official school channels. The focus is working to help break the circle of poverty. By partnering with several government and private agencies to provide resources for families in these low income areas of Rio Bravo.

There is a great commitment to improve the quality of life in the MJM community. The medical clinic now has two family doctors, three dentists and two lab technicians. The staff works with the schools and the people of the colonias. The clinic now helps to teach good health care. It is now financially independent.  Over 21,000 families are helped directly or indirectly by MJM over the past years. The future plans at the MJM center are to open an internet café and welding shop.

We visited Proyecto 92. They teach sewing class, classes for GED, ESL and parenting resources. They were learning to be haircutting and become nail techs. We also visited with Pastor and Mrs. Raul Garcia de Ocha for Reyonosa, MX.

DID you know…that Mexico’s official name is United States of Mexico?

Tomorrow is the Mexican Mother’s Day?

AMEN!