Connections Conference

I just this past weekend attend an amazing conference sponsored by the Caleb Project in Cherry Hills (South Denver). It was neat to have worship with other Christians and also do some workshops. I did a track on Hispanics, where the topics were about starting a Hispanic ministry in an anglo church, planting churches in Hispanic communities, and mobilizing Hispanics for missions. One of the surprising topics was about immigration and how many Hispanics want to come to the US to help it, not to leech off of its resources. I have been on the fence with this issue, but reading this quote really made me feel like we should welcome Hispanics more than we are:

"When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God." - Leviticus 19:33-34

Oh, and this whole track was in Spanish, so I got to brush off my rusty Spanish skills which were still surprisingly good and was able to communicate well with the people there (about 10 of us). There was one guy that I met from Peru who had recently moved to Colorado with his wife, who was from Greeley. He was about my age and we had a great time sharing our stories all day, especially since his wife did some different workshops. I am getting very excited to go back to South America and August cannot come fast enough. I know the Lord will teach me great patience through this though. . .