“Water scares me a lot. But in that moment I remembered when Christ crossed the sea and put his disciples in the middle of the sea. … I was yelling because the water put me in a panic. But I closed my eyes and thanked God. I started to pray: I’m going the same way you went, in the middle of the sea, parting the sea so that your disciples could cross. Then suddenly I realized I was on the other side, and I hadn’t felt anything. As much panic as I felt before crossing, I felt fearless afterwards.”
– Guatemalan mother, on crossing the U.S. border (reported in Literary Hub)
