Author Archives: Paola Trevino

Feed the hungry, cure the sick, console the suffering…in normal settings these works of mercy take a month or longer to do. In Haiti, it’s all in a day’s work. Today, desperation, suffering and pain were all quite tangible. Desperation … Continue reading →

Today I started to get a hint of what these young missionaries are seeking. So I will let them “tell you”. While they scraped away old paint off of cribs, I chatted with a few of them and asked them, … Continue reading →

In the mist of the religious liberty battle, the debate over gay marriage, and a culture indecisive about values; young people are out there searching for the truth, searching for something that’s going to give meaning to their lives. This … Continue reading →

Smelly, filthy, austere conditions, hard work, billion and billions of beans….23 missionaries and 230 babies. 10:00 am: Intense heat, bewildered missionaries and a huge task of packing 10,000 pounds of beans. With 23 young souls, this task was accomplished in … Continue reading →

First of all I want to thank each one of you for your help and support in this mission. We are a total of 23 missionaries and one priest. We are all very excited to see what God has in … Continue reading →

I’m sitting outside the compound of the Children’s Home, holding one of my little ones when I see a boy about 4 years old, Israel, approaching slowly. I can see the pain he feels as he walks, stiffening up his … Continue reading →

What do we hunger for? Today we had food distribution again, with another 200 people in line. Our missionaries, with a cheerful spirit, filled the sacks and gave them the best of their smiles! These high school students are hungry … Continue reading →

Today in the gospel, Jesus taught us the lesson of forgiveness: seventy times seven. What a great lesson and a hard one, as well! If we think about it, that’s the mission that we missionaries and Christians are called to … Continue reading →

We all know that we are here on earth just passing through. That’s the one certain thing in our life; everything else is uncertain. We can plan all we want, we can foresee all we want, but someone up there … Continue reading →

The famous phrase that immortalizes Mother Theresa’s order, the only writing in the Missionaries of Charity chapels is, “I Thirst!” What do we thirst for? Physical thirst? Yes, when you are in 95-degree weather, on your feet rocking and cradling … Continue reading →