Two Suitcases and a One-Way Ticket
In 2019, Maria and Carlos Gutierrez sold their three-bedroom house in suburban Dallas, packed two suitcases each, and moved to a small fishing village outside...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 10:1-11, 16-20.
In 2019, Maria and Carlos Gutierrez sold their three-bedroom house in suburban Dallas, packed two suitcases each, and moved to a small fishing village outside Oaxaca, Mexico. They had no guaranteed salary, no return flight booked, and no contacts beyond a single church elder named Don Refugio who had emailed them once. Their friends thought they had lost their minds.…
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