United Women in Faith News - Cindy Andrade Johnson– Missionary to Migrants
April 14, 2025, Meeting at 2:00 PM, United Women of Faith Esther Circle hosts a Special Guest – Rotary exchange student, Stephanie Basemera. She will speak to Esther Circle at 3:00 PM.
Emma Norton Services’ 2025 Opening Doors Gala will be held on Thursday April 24, at the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront! We can donate toward their silent auction and/or purchase a ticket.
Thank you to all that donated in any way to the Emma Norton March Madness donation drive. We made our pledge of $750 and delivered many needed household items to the residents of Emma’s programs. We thank Shawna Nelson-Wills for her time with us on Sunday, March 2nd. She went home with a car full of donations. Thank you for responding to the call to help support God’s work in St. Paul, MN.
***April 5, 2025 UWFaith sponsors the River Bluffs area meeting at The Well UMC in Rosemount, MN. All are invited to attend a special day with Deaconess Cindy Andrade Johnson. Ms Johnson is a humanitarian advocate who has worked with migrants. She lives with her husband on the US/Mexican border in Brownsville, Texas. She is currently working as a consultant in the following areas: education, cultural competence, Migration, and Missiology.
Cindy will be able to give current information about the migrant situation at the US border. The presentation will be live streamed. You have to register at UWFaithmn.com - on the top menu next to home, click on area connections, scroll to River Bluffs - registration- to have the live stream code sent to you.
An article about Cindy’s work at the Southern border in early 2021 is Migrants looking to Biden for immigration reform | UMNews.org. At the end of the article, there is a video of Cindy in the Matamoros camp.
Cindy also takes donations toward her work with La Posada Providencia. Funds are used for educational activities for young children, and for food, underwear, socks & healthcare in Mexico via her partnership with Ayudandoles a Triunfar A. C. Donations could also be mailed to: La Posada Providencia, Attn: Magda Bolland, 30094 Marydale Road, San Benito, TX 78586
Where does the United Women in Faith money go?
Northfield UMC has a pledge of $2,600 to our River Bluffs Area. It then goes on to the UWFaith Minnesota Conference, and eventually to our national organization of United Women in Faith.
The UWFaith Response magazine tells of a group of women in India, supporting themselves and their families through microloans given to them by donations from UWFaith. The women gained loans to start their own businesses in cooking, food market sales, rope-making, and sewing (tailoring) for their home based clothing shops. In a 300 member self-help women’s group, each receives about $100 seed money to start their small businesses. They repay the loan from their profits so others can benefit from their success.
Alliance Stamp Ministry: All types of cancelled postage stamps and Stamp collections are accepted. Put them in the box in Fellowship Hall. This is an ongoing ministry.