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Mission Statement
In gratitude for the great love that Jesus Christ gives to us, we decide to unite ourselves to form a community to care for needy children and to promote the development of a productive society of devout Christians.

Lindsey Anderson, a SJA young adult, will be soon be volunteering for 27 months Farm of the Child, outside of the town of Trujillo, Honduras. Farm of the Child is an education and health center for needy children. Late August she will travel to Guatemala to attend a language school, perfecting her Spanish, in preparation for her trip to Honduras in October.

I met and had lunch with Lindsey, appropriately, at the Resource Center of the Americas, after she had attended a meeting there. She has a sparkle when discussing her upcoming venture that is very contagious.

Currently she is working at the Archdiocesan/Catholic Charities Office for Social Justice as a full time volunteer with Catholic Charities Volunteer Corps. Her title is Public Policy Assistant, but she states that she is really more of an intern who does whatever comes up. Lindsey’s biggest, and favorite responsibility is staffing AFFIRM (Alliance for Fair Federal Immigration Reform of Minnesota), which is a coalition of faith, community, and labor groups that work on immigration reform. Through CCVC, she also lives in the community with other volunteers in St. Paul.

Lindsey’s “caring” started early in her life. She was an only child until at six years old, when her parents adopted a two-year-old boy from South Korean. Her brother turned out to have a cognitive disability. She was the big sister who helped out her brother. Helping has continued through out her life.

While attending Creighton University in Omaha, Lindsey was able to work for a semester in the Dominican Republic in the city of Santiago. It was at this time she fell in love with Latin America. The semester was focused on conscientization (conscience raising), so it had a huge impact on how she saw the world and her place in it. One of the components of the program was eight hours of service work a week. She did her service at an orphanage for children with disabilities. Seeing the horrible conditions made her realize how awful life can be for children. Knowing nothing about the orphanage her brother spent his first two years living in gives thought to when and why his disability occurred.

Lindsey hopes to help the children of the Farm. She would like to be a tutor of children with special needs, or a teacher. A decision will be made after she reaches the Farm and sees what positions are opening up from the group of volunteers that will be soon leaving.

Lindsey needs to raise money to help with her expenses. Provided by the Farm is her room and board, but nothing else. Consider helping this fellow SJA’er help the children of Honduras. Details on contributing can be found on this letter from Lindsey(opens in new window).

Want more information, check out www.farmofthechild.org.

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