A Wedding Ring for One Family - We learned this week that one of our migrant couples are planning to get married but were waiting until they could afford to buy the bride a ring. Of course the story does not end here. One of our volunteers had recently gone through her jewelry and brought a ring to Centro San Edmundo (CSE) saying that she hoped we could find a migrant family who would treasure it. And then the volunteer donated a little money so the happy couple could afford a dinner celebration just for them.

We are so blessed to have loving people surrounding us at CSE and beyond to include the families and homes of all 23 of our resettled families. We learned recently that all of our families live within a five-mile radius of St. Edmund which means that our mentors are not traveling long distances to accompany them.

We will miss Centro San Edmundo and recognize the impact our time there has had not only on the migrants, but also the volunteers and the surrounding community. In the almost 22 months that we have been open, over 20,000 migrants have been served. The resettlement program continues and can always use additional mentors and mentor helpers.

We are pausing all but financial donations now, and will alert you when we can accept donations again. Thank you for your ongoing support of the Migrant Ministry.

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