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The issue highlights the Mission of the Month—Mexico Scholarship Fund—describing the Border Immersion Trips, the 10-year scholarship program for students in Lomas de Poleo, and how donations fully support students. Southwest Reflections by Rev. 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And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.\" [Philippians 1:3-6, RSV]  \nYou may recall that nearly a year ago I announced my intention to retire no later than February 1, 2016, and by now you should have received my official letter of resignation as of that date. The brief passage above from Paul’s letter to the Philippians says so many things I am feeling at this time.  \nI have known so much joy during these five and one half years serving as one of your pastors. It has been a wonderful concluding Call for me, with time to study, teach, write, prepare sermons, work in evangelism with  \nnew folks coming into the area, host events to build  \nfriendship and fellowship in the congregation, be involved in much social ministry, and to visit with and support those in need inside and outside of our congregation.  \nPastor Brian, in his element. Photo courtesy Anne Forney & David Colman.  \nI have felt a real “partnership in the gospel” with our leaders and members as we have worked together to share Christ’s mercy and love near and far.  \nI will continue to “thank my God in my remembrance of you,” with countless wonderful memories of the time we have spent together.  \nAnd, finally, I, too, know that “he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion” in so many different ways.  \nMary, who continues for some reason to be younger than me, plans to teach another two and a half years in the Arlington Public School District, and thus we are moving to an apartment in Shirlington. As I explained in my letter of resignation, church protocol is that a pastor who leaves a call also gives up membership in the congregation, and joins another congregation of the ELCA. I will no longer be your pastor, and I am thus am not able to perform pastoral acts in your life. However, our friendship and partnership in the gospel can continue, and I hope it will.  \nIt is difficult for Mary and me to let go of our involvement with you through Faith Lutheran, but history shows that a congregation will bond much more quickly with a new pastor if the one leaving is not “hanging around,” to use the vernacular of my generation.  \nBut, before that happens, I look forward to being with you and working together to spread the joy and hope of Christmas this coming month.  \nWith love and gratitude, Pastor Brian and Mary  \nVolume LXIX Number 1 January 2016  \nMission of the Month: Mexico Scholarship Fund  \nContact: Pastor Brian, pastorbrian(at)[flcva.org](flcva.org)  \nThis past February Pastor Brian led our annual Border Immersion Trips to El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico for clergy from our Synod (8 participated) . Part of that immersion trip was visiting the families and youth who live in a small barrio outside of Juarez, Mexico, called Lomas de Poleo. Pastor Brian has been taking groups there for a decade now, and the Scholarship Program, which awards scholarship funds to students in the barrio, is now 10 years old.  \nThis year we have 10 students in the program: some each in college, high school, junior high, and elementary school. We have now had three students graduate from college and begin working in Juarez, in such diverse fields as engineering, psychology, and nursing.  \nIt is our Scholarship Program that makes it possible for these students to continue in school beyond the elementary age, when many Mexican youth cannot afford further schooling and thus begin working at very low-paying jobs.  \nYour gifts go 100% to the students, as the administrator of the program in Mexico volunteers to run it. Please give through the Mission of the Month envelopes in the pews, or online through the Give button [at www","cbCaijzTzFZX8n9j","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijzTzFZX8n9j","pdf",1966625,10,"English","# A Note of Gratitude from Pastor Brian\n## Farewell and continued partnership\n## Moving update\n# Mission of the Month: Mexico Scholarship Fund\n## Border Immersion Trips and Lomas de Poleo\n## Scholarship program results and giving\n# Southwest Reflections\n## Experiences and reflections on migration and poverty","[{\"question\":\"What is Pastor Brian’s main message in the January 2016 newsletter?\",\"answer\":\"Pastor Brian expresses gratitude for five and a half years of ministry and shares that he will retire no later than February 1, 2016. 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