{"id":5376,"date":"2024-12-17T20:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abara2.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=5376"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:43:36","slug":"a-letter-from-brooklyn-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abara.org\/es\/a-letter-from-brooklyn-stephens\/","title":{"rendered":"Una carta de Brooklyn Stephens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Nota: Hoy leer\u00e1n del coraz\u00f3n de una querida amiga de Abara, Brooklyn. Ella escribi\u00f3 su carta, sobre Encuentros Fronterizos, desde la lente de su fe cristiana personal. Sus palabras dan testimonio del efecto transformador que puede tener la \"experiencia BE\".\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abara1.wpenginepowered.combook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-color: #ffde59;\"><em>Haga clic aqu\u00ed para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo inscribirse en un Encuentro fronterizo, como individuo o como grupo.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Queridos amigos,<\/p>\n<p>Mi nombre es Brooklyn Stephens, y he tenido el regalo de asistir a m\u00faltiples Encuentros Fronterizos con Abara. Cada uno ha sido transformador en mi vida.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffde59;\">En 2019, estaba profundamente confundido y desconsolado por las historias que hab\u00eda escuchado en las noticias sobre las separaciones familiares en nuestra frontera sur.<\/span> Sab\u00eda que Dios me estaba invitando a acercarme y comprender m\u00e1s, as\u00ed que cuando surgi\u00f3 la oportunidad de viajar con la organizaci\u00f3n \"We Choose Welcome\" a un Encuentro Fronterizo, me apunt\u00e9 inmediatamente.<\/p>\n<p>Antes de venir a un Encuentro Fronterizo, ten\u00eda amigos con historias de inmigraci\u00f3n y hab\u00eda o\u00eddo hablar de la frontera en las noticias, pero no entend\u00eda la complejidad del sistema de inmigraci\u00f3n en los Estados Unidos, y mucho menos las formas en que Dios estaba trabajando en los bordes de nuestro pa\u00eds. Poco me imaginaba que el impulso de Dios de ir a un Encuentro Fronterizo con Abara acabar\u00eda encendiendo un fuego en mi alma por mis vecinos inmigrantes, y un deseo de abogar por pol\u00edticas justas y compasivas para los refugiados y los solicitantes de asilo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffde59;\">He visto c\u00f3mo los Encuentros fronterizos despliegan y desentra\u00f1an mundos y narrativas seguras en una historia mucho m\u00e1s hermosa.<\/span> Tras mi primer encuentro, escrib\u00ed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeWelcomeRefugees\/videos\/there-is-a-story-that-we-must-hear-if-we-are-to-reckon-with-the-truth-the-unrave\/852647179353896\/\">este poema<\/a>\u00a0para describir c\u00f3mo me sent\u00eda.\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: #3fb8c0;\">En un mundo preocupado por el hacer, el posicionamiento de la escucha y la presencia como prioridades a lo largo de Encuentros fronterizos es transformador.<\/span> S\u00f3lo cuando por fin nos sentamos y escuchamos podemos encontrarnos cara a cara con las personas que han emigrado.<\/p>\n<p>Mi vida se ha expandido m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que jam\u00e1s podr\u00eda haber imaginado porque he tenido la oportunidad de ver la obra de Dios en El Paso y Ju\u00e1rez y en tantas personas all\u00ed. Ahora trabajo como Coordinadora de Participaci\u00f3n Comunitaria para\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wechoosewelcome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elegimos Welcome<\/a>\u00a0y llegar a invitar a otros a participar en la plenitud y la belleza de amar a nuestro pr\u00f3jimo (Marcos 12:34) y a ir a Encuentros Fronterizos con Abara como hice yo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffde59;\">Las repercusiones en mi vida de ir a un Encuentro Fronterizo son demasiadas para nombrarlas y rastrearlas. \u00a1Imag\u00ednense el impacto \u00fanico en cada vida que llega a la frontera!<\/span>\u00a0Nuestro Dios es misterioso y los planes de Dios est\u00e1n m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de mi entendimiento.<\/p>\n<p>Lo que s\u00ed s\u00e9 es que Dios est\u00e1 trabajando, trayendo restauraci\u00f3n y dignidad a todas las naciones, tribus y lenguas. En 2019, un Encuentro Fronterizo con Abara marc\u00f3 un cambio en mi visi\u00f3n del mundo y en c\u00f3mo me muevo en \u00e9l. Lo mismo es cierto para cualquier persona que camina sobre el suelo sagrado de los m\u00e1rgenes-que se sienta en la encrucijada de la hist\u00f3rica La Hacienda. La tierra grita, y si estamos lo suficientemente quietos para escucharla, nos uniremos a ella compartiendo nuestras historias de esperanza y dolor, defendiendo a nuestros vecinos y cultivando comunidades queridas all\u00ed donde nuestros pies se posen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">En la esperanza,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Brooklyn Stephens<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Diciembre de 2024<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nota: Hoy leer\u00e1n del coraz\u00f3n de una querida amiga de Abara, Brooklyn. Ella escribi\u00f3 su carta, sobre Encuentros Fronterizos, desde la lente de su fe cristiana personal. Sus palabras dan testimonio del efecto transformador que puede tener la \"experiencia BE\". Haz clic aqu\u00ed para saber m\u00e1s sobre c\u00f3mo apuntarte a un Encuentro Fronterizo, como...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Letter from Brooklyn Stephens - Abara<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abara.org\/es\/a-letter-from-brooklyn-stephens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Letter from Brooklyn Stephens - Abara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Note: Today you will read from the heart of a dear friend of Abara, Brooklyn. 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