Grand Opening & Cinco de Mayo
Celebration May 3 - Mi Pueblo
Hispanic Community Center Cost: Free • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mexican mariachi band, games, food and fun
Recovery
Your Road to Begins at River’s Bend
“This was my first major surgery and first time in a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center. After my bilateral hip surgery, I was nervous about going home but had not pre-planned any other options. With the help of my insurance and the team at River’s Bend, I was admitted from the hospital for rehabilitation. Not knowing what to expect, my stay was great and I would not change a thing! All staff helped to make this an enjoyable experience and was attentive to my needs. With the combination of the therapy staff and equipment, I’ve made a lot of progress and plan to return for outpatient therapy. I would recommend River’s Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center to anyone. They gave me the help I needed to get back home.”
Lakeshore UMC – Camino de FE, 1130 S. Ninth St., Manitowoc Information: 682-1803, 769-0021 or 682-6311 18 years old. Her family had been struggling, they had several bad crops and with the poor economy she was told by her father that he could no longer afford to send her to the good school she had currently been attending.
came from for her to attend seminary, but is more grateful than ever. Her dream to prepare others to become closer to God has now become a reality.
Isabel was angry. She wanted her father to feel pain like she was. She wanted him to go through the pain of losing a child and had planned to commit suicide that day, but a friend knocked on her door. This friend said she had been sent by God to go and talk with Isabel that day - the friend had such a strong urge that she went right over to Isabel’s house to talk with her.
The family was called in September 2011 to Manitowoc, where the old Wesley United Methodist Church had just combined with St. Paul’s United Methodist, thus becoming Lakeshore UMC. This left the Wesley site with some unused space. Not for long!
This friend invited her to a youth gathering at the local church, where Isabel received an “Altar Call,” (an invitation to accept Christ into her heart as her Lord and Savior). Isabel went up to the front and accepted. “I then became a much better daughter,” she said. “I went home and apologized to my family. I was helpful around the house, much more pleasant and caring. My family saw a change in me. And they are now all Christians as well!” Isabel taught and preached in her church in Catacamas, so when she came to the U.S. she wanted to continue her work for the church. They joined La Hermosa United Methodist Church in Madison. She knew her calling was to be in ministry and when the church approached her to go to seminary, she was hesitant because of the cost, but a scholarship was available. She still doesn’t know where the money
Call to Manitowoc
Pastor Isabel started Camino de FE with a handful of followers. How were they going to get a Hispanic church community built? First they needed to help the Hispanic community with things that they really needed. They brought in the Mexican Consulate from Chicago to help people with getting IDs and passports. These immigrants had nothing and came to find work.
– Reggie [Reg] Haupt, Manitowoc Community Member
Rapids Recovery
Some were undocumented. Dario Hernandez knows how difficult it is for immigrants to find shelter and work, trying to navigate the system for help while attempting to learn the language. It’s very frustrating. There is help available, but they have no idea how to find it. Translating is a big help. Our government pays for translating services for some, but not for most, and it’s very expensive.
... helping people live better
Spiritual need While hundreds of the Hispanic community were at Camino de FE for the
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