Maria Chavalan Sut Finds New Hope After 2 Yrs in Sanctuary
A Guatemalan woman given sanctuary in a Charlottesville church for more than two years has received a one-year stay of removal from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who had sought to deport her.
Maria Chavalan Sut, 46, came to the U.S. in 2015 after land grabbers threatened her family and later set her home on fire with the family inside. She and her four children survived, but all of their belongings burned.
She sought asylum in the U.S., saying that she would likely be killed if she returned to Guatemala.
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Tuesday pick-up will be at the Central Christian Church, 1475 N. Washington Ave.
Volunteers with the Connecting Grounds Church and Gathering Friends will provide a meal beginning at 5 p.m. at the pick-up location. Pick-up times for transportation to Crisis Cold Weather Shelters are as follows:
First Unitarian Universalist Pick-up at 6:30 p.m.
East Sunshine Pick-up at 7:30 p.m.
Bus passes will be provided throughout the day at the O’Reilly Center for Hope and during the evening meal for women accessing shelter at Grace United Methodist, which will open at 8:15 p.m.
Plans for Wednesday night are still being worked out. This story will be updated when more information is available.
Most of those cold weather shelters were hosted by churches, and all were staffed by volunteers.
Springfield s cold weather shelters open on nights when the National Weather Service predicts the overnight temperature to dip down to 32 degrees or colder.
The shelters opened on 72 nights this past winter, according to information presented at the Ozarks Alliance to End Homelessness board meeting on Wednesday.
An average of 80 people were served each night the shelters were open, Community Partnership of the Ozarks Continuum of Care Coordinator Amanda Stadler told the board. In February, we saw the highest number of folks served per night, Stadler said, adding that 112 was the nightly average in February.
Lubbock area faith calendar
NOTE: Not all Lubbock area churches have fully reopened for services. Please call ahead to check if the church of your choosing is open or still worshiping virtually and, if it is open, what COVID-19 safety guidelines may be in place. Please send updates to: newmedia@lubbockonline.com
SATURDAY
• Christ the King Cathedral Divine Mercy Chaplet: 3 p.m. First Saturday, 4011 54th St. Note: CTK events are only meeting face-to-face for Mass. Mass can also be watched online at https://ctk-cathedral.org/
• St. John the Baptist Adoration and Reconciliation: 4-4:45 p.m., 98th Street and Indiana Avenue.