Forward Me Back to You, written by Mitali Perkins
Two teenagers head to India on a service trip to learn more about survivors of human trafficking. One is a young woman with a strong body and a broken spirit. The other a young man trying to come to grips with the loss of his life's roots. A great novel about loyalty, compassion, courage, perseverance, justice, love, and healing.
The House That Love Built: Why I Opened My Door to Immigrants and How We Found Hope Beyond a Broken System, written by Sarah Jackson with Scott Sawyer
A fascinating and inspiring look at how deeply lives can be impacted when someone decides to set politics aside and simply love people right where they're at. Whether one shares the author's faith or not, her story is one that will encourage Christians and non-believers alike to demonstrate hospitality to those whose first home was not America.
p. 55, A picture was emerging of what this place was all about. So this is a hospitality home. That word, I realized - hospitality - shares the same root as hospital. Both are places of healing.
p. 58, Anton said, "You've probably heard the saying, 'No justice, no peace.' I think there's something better. 'Where there's no justice, bring peace.'"
p. 70, Today there is a vast network of more than two hundred immigrant detention facilities across the country, and 62 percent of them are for profit.
p. 127, (In one out of every five couples in the US, one partner is foreign-born.)
p. 219, You'll never regret befriending an immigrant. Doing it will change two worlds, theirs and yours. And even your smallest act as a good neighbor ripples outward to the community and into eternity.
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