After attending a training on faith communities helping with the migrant crisis, Grace Lutheran Church congregant Nancy Mathyer proposed hosting a migrant family in the church. The congregation took it to a vote in October 2023, and the measure passed with overwhelming support. “Part of Grace Lutheran Church is putting our faith into action courageously,”.
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Genesis Chacon was pregnant when she essentially carried her husband and toddler across countries to get to Chicago. Her healthy, able-bodied husband became paralyzed from the chest down due to a rare condition he developed while on their journey to the United States last summer. Now, the 22-year-old mother from Venezuela tends to his every need — even as she recovers from a C-section she had .
Genesis Chacon was pregnant when she essentially carried her husband and toddler across countries to get to Chicago. Her healthy, able-bodied husband became paralyzed from the chest down due to a rare condition he developed while on their journey to the United States last summer. Now, the 22-year-old mother from Venezuela tends to his every need — even as she recovers from a C-section she had .