Today I gave out my spanish book (Max Lucado) and the spanish bible to two of the most amazing people I´ve met here. Their names are Veronica and Juan Miguel. They´re married and are recieving one of the last houses in the works. Veronica goes to church every day and lives very far away from all her family. Miguel has 12 brothers and sisters and their both just trying to raise their daughter Brenda. Miguel wants her to be a doctor when she grows up. I gave Veronica the book because she has a bible and goes to church EVERY DAY, but Miguel doesn´t consider himself a christian anymore. The more we talked to him (through Patricia, one of our translators) the more he opened up to the idea of going back to church. When we asked him if he had a bible he said no so I pulled it out of my bag and gave it to him. He kept on asking if it´s his and if he could keep it and we kept saying yes. It was such a simple gesture, giving him a book but it meant so much to him.
Also, Darlene is a lot better. She´s almost completely fine and will be joining us again tomorrow.
By the way, we only have an hour of work left on the houses for tomorrow morning and then we get to go to Phil´s house.
Love,
Amanda
I'm so proud of you, Amanda!! That was an amazing gift you gave to the family!! Stay safe and keep your heart focused on God.. I love you!!
ReplyDeleteHey Amanda! Thanks for faithfully posting! Sooo glad Darlene is better! Give her a hug for me! You guys rock...can't believe you are going to be done the houses tomorrow! Praise God! Love your stories of the people you are meeting...aren't they amazing?? So humbling, so heart breaking, but so encouraging too. Hard to put into words - but you are doing a great job! Enjoy the rest of the week - praying for you all!
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