Love Is Like War

“I’m not sure I’ll ever end up settling here,” Whitney shared over our fourteenth cup of coffee. And that’s the day we fell in love.

It was a classic tale of boy meets girl. I liked him, but didn’t think he liked me. Well, he liked me but didn’t think I cared for him. And so the story goes. Fast-forward past the awkward “how do we go from friends to dating” conversation, the month separated while studying abroad, one letter for everyday apart, a winter-eve proposal, a 6-month engagement, 14,000 cups of coffee, 80 weekend trips to Columbus, the “I do’s”—and BAM! Here we are today…

15 days from moving to Monterrey, Mexico.

It’s not your fairytale post-wedding destination. Mexico is more dangerous than it is glamorous. You see it in the news everyday—and while much of the news you hear IS biased—we do have our reservations. BUT, we couldn’t be any more certain that this is what we were made for. Yes, Mexico is war-ridden. But I think H.L. Mencken said it well when he wrote:

“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”

So that’s our plan. To shower Mexico with love—with the love we were so freely given.

How you ask?

We will be working with a group called Back2Back Ministries in pursuit of the hearts of the orphaned and widowed. Back2Back’s name comes from just that—we partner with Mexican nationals who are already doing orphan care by supporting them with resources and manpower to keep doing the work they originally felt called to do.

Mission: Back2Back Ministries is an international Christian non-profit organization that is dedicated to being a voice for orphans. We exist to love and care for orphans and impoverished children, by meeting their physical, spiritual, educational, social and emotional needs that they may overcome their life circumstances and break free from the cycle of generational poverty. 

Vision: We desire for every orphan and impoverished child to have the opportunity for success through “care for today and hope for tomorrow.” Our goal is that each child would experience restoration to a life of purpose in which they can become fulfilled and mature Christian adults.

We cannot wait to have countless stories of changed lives to share with you. We cannot wait to attack Mexico with love and a hope for a better tomorrow.

We realize there is need EVERYWHERE. As would-be followers of Mother Teresa we can all take her advice well:

“Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are — in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools. … You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. Everywhere, wherever you go, you find people who are unwanted, unloved, uncared for, just rejected by society — completely forgotten, completely left alone.”


--Blessed Mother Teresa

Mexico will be our Calcutta. What will be yours?

-Nathan &Whitney Reiter