When a Whole Town Showed Up to Listen
In 2018, the small town of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, was still reeling from Hurricane Maria. Power lines dangled like broken promises. Rooftops gaped open to...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10.
In 2018, the small town of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, was still reeling from Hurricane Maria. Power lines dangled like broken promises. Rooftops gaped open to the sky. For months, residents had scattered — some to the mainland, others into a numb survival mode that left them feeling like strangers in their own streets. Then Pastor Carmen Rodríguez did something simple.…
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