Immanuel's Ministry Partner in Mexico

2024 AMEXTRA trip

Theme:  Face to Face with Immigration

In March of 2024, a group from Immanuel headed down to Mexico City to learn from our partners at AMEXTRA about how communities across Mexico have come together to support the increasing number of migrants traveling through their country on the way to the U.S. border. To hear more about our week and what we learned along the way, check out this video recap that was shared in worship April 7th.

Learn more about AMEXTRA (our partner ministry who would be leading this trip): https://www.amextra.org/en/

For information contact Deacon Savannah

Update from the May 2022 AMEXTRA site visit

Savannah (our Coordinator of Service & Justice Ministries), Kristi Brackett and Kim Rathjen visited AMEXTRA in May 2022.  They will be sharing reflections and updates from their experience:

• Kim Rathjen's FaithBIT reflection on her 2022 expereince.

Thank You from Amextra (June 2022)

Watch this short (1:40) video with Amextra staff thanking Immanuel.

AMEXTRA's:

• Mission: to promote the integral transformation of marginalized communities in Mexico.
• Vision: We are a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable change processes, accompanying community leaders and promoting local participation. This work transforms living conditions in marginalized communities, with values of service, compassion, and justice.
• Values: Integral transformation, unconditional service, local participation, compassion, and justice.

Excerpt from a December 2020 Thank You letter from AMEXTRA: 'These donations from Immanuel are so helpful in Lomas where this year has brought a lot of new challenges. Thanks to your support and that of others like you we have been able to keep providing educational support in Lomas, hiring another education promotor (Emma) to help Mariana. We also have some exciting news that we will be looking to hire a psychologist to be a part of the team in Lomas and help attend to children with issues of trauma or other needs of psychological accompaniment.  It is great to share these project improvements with you and all the congregation at Immanuel, knowing that you are a huge part of this program´s continued success.

For 30 years Immanuel has supported, encouraged and partnered with the work of Amextra in Lomas de San Isidro - on the eastern edge of Mexico City.

Read AMEXTRA's 2020 Annual Report

Read September 2020 Newsletter

Update from Lomas de San Isidro, October 2018

Learn more about AMEXTRA

• Meet Mariana, the AMEXTRA Regional Coordinator Immanuel supports in Lomas de San Isidro! The generosity of Immanuel members allows us to partner with her in the life changing work of transforming individuals and communities: Meet Mariana Video
• Jennifer Urbanski reflects on Immanuel’s October 2017 visit to our Mexican ministry partner, AMEXTRA: Jennifer's Reflections Video
• Watch this update on what has been done and it shares a future vision for the work of Amextra in Lomas.