The Colors of the Colonia
McCartney Lewis, Pat
Previous trips to Mexico had provided the author with wonderful relaxation and a toasty-brown tan but it was her first mission trip to "the Colonia" that most affected her. At initial glance, the settlement in the industrial city of Reynosa had a gray hue. Everywhere she looked, at the dusty-rutted roads, piles of gravel, and stacked concrete blocks, it was so gray. As she worked, ate, sang and laughed alongside other volunteers and Mexican fa...