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.
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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