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Change Your “Look” 1 comment

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“It’s a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don’t like is predictable.” ~Naomi Campbell People have changed my “look” or outlook during my time with the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants. Each day the volunteers, the staff members, and the people that ICDI ministers to have given me a chance to learn more about the immigration system and the work of ministry. Fridays with the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants have been especially transformational. They have also been some of the most difficult days of the work week for me. However, it is not for the reasons one might typically think of. Fridays are not difficult because I have to get up early. Fridays are not difficult because it is the last day of the work week. Fridays are not difficult because I am […]

¿Tu cabeza está corriendo? (Is your head running?) 3 comments

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“¿Tu cabeza está corriendo? (Is your head running?)” Asks one of the gentleman in detention I chat with at McHenry County Jail. “¡Sí!” I reply with a smile. “Yes, my head is running!” Throughout my weeks interning with the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants (ICDI) in Chicago, Illinois, I have used more conversational Spanish than I have in my several years of studying the language. Speaking in Spanish was not something that I expected to do for my internship this summer. It was not something that was necessarily required when volunteering with the non-profit. However, I quickly learned that even though I was nervous and unconfident with my Spanish-speaking ability, taking the opportunity to use Spanish in conversation was something that made me a better minister to the people I was meeting. Spanish materials that ICDI uses for pastoral ministry Every Tuesday and Thursday, I drive to McHenry County Jail and […]