ISAAC and affiliated ministries attend the 99th Annual Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas.
 "Do you think there will be reform this year?" the older man asked in Spanish. "I don't know but if there is reform, churches need to be ready." I told him.
It was one of the many conversations I shared with some of the convencion attendees at the 99th Annual Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. ISAAC had a booth alongside other affiliated ministries such as the Ruth Project in Waco, Primera Iglesia Plano and Literacy ConneXus. During the three-day event, we shared our ministry visions and planned new works across the state. We also met new friends and potential partners. Please keep ISAAC and its affiliated ministries in your prayers!
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ISAAC Education:
Facts about Immigration: Separating the wheat from chaff (Luke 3:17).
E-mail Spreads Immigration Lies: Joe Legal v. Jose Illegal
Another false email has started to infiltrate its way into inboxes across the country. This one is called Joe Legal v. Joe Illegal. Read the e-mail below and learn the facts.
Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California ...You have 2 families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California.
1. "Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted.... "Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Response: The email begins with the fallacy that illegal aliens are being paid off the books. According to the 2005 Economic Report of the President, more than "half of undocumented immigrants are believed to be working 'on the books,' so they contribute to the tax rolls but are ineligible for almost all Federal public assistance programs and most major joint Federal-state programs." You can view the report here.
Read more about Joe v. Jose on the ISAAC Blog
Scripture Reflection:
Hebrews 11: 13-16 (ISV)
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth. For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back. Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.
Oh God, may we remember that we all long for a better country- a heavenly one.
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