Mexico

These Walls Can Speak

»Posted by on Dec 14, 2011 in hope and grace, inspiring story, Mexico, missionary story | 0 comments

Situated in the middle of seven barrios where  ruling gangs fight for territory, not a day goes by that we don’t  see new graffiti on the walls around our home.   The youths spray their gang  colors on the walls and vehicles of the rival gangs’ turf.  Even our own home and trailer has been decorated in times past.   The gangs mostly leave us alone now, as our work in Tepehua is well known and they want us there.  Derrumbles, the most violent of the neighboring gangs, seem to be the most creative in their designs.  Each design is meant as an intimidating reminder of who is lord over where.

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