Farwell, Scott,
In Mexico, Teens Shed Their Privilege, Get to Work. Scott Farwell. - Dallas Morning News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 37, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: In Mexico, Teens Shed Their Privilege, Get to Work, July 16, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Far from the wallpapered alcoves of St. Andrew United Methodist Church, across the placid but deceptively powerful Rio Grande, through Nuevo Laredo's suicidal merging traffic, and along the fringe of a neighborhood with open sewers, 48 young missionaries from Plano, Texas, arrived, unceremoniously, at lots 10 and 13." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article discusses the lessons learned by the missionary teens as they built two houses for poor families in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
1522-3213;
Christians--Attitudes
Church work with the poor
House construction
Missionaries
Poor--Mexico
Teenage volunteers in social service
Voluntarism
Youth--Attitudes
Youth--Religious life
Mexican-American Border Region
Mexico--Social conditions
AC1.S5
050
In Mexico, Teens Shed Their Privilege, Get to Work. Scott Farwell. - Dallas Morning News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 37, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: In Mexico, Teens Shed Their Privilege, Get to Work, July 16, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Far from the wallpapered alcoves of St. Andrew United Methodist Church, across the placid but deceptively powerful Rio Grande, through Nuevo Laredo's suicidal merging traffic, and along the fringe of a neighborhood with open sewers, 48 young missionaries from Plano, Texas, arrived, unceremoniously, at lots 10 and 13." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article discusses the lessons learned by the missionary teens as they built two houses for poor families in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
1522-3213;
Christians--Attitudes
Church work with the poor
House construction
Missionaries
Poor--Mexico
Teenage volunteers in social service
Voluntarism
Youth--Attitudes
Youth--Religious life
Mexican-American Border Region
Mexico--Social conditions
AC1.S5
050