Hands Of GOD El Salvador 2019 Day6


By day 6 the Lord had already done amazing things in us and through us.
It was Thursday, 2nd to last day before going home. On the agenda was La Aldea de Niños SOS, we would spend the day there.
We packed bags with basic food: rice, beans, sugar, cereal, crackers, pasta etc. for low income families. The dance and choir blessed them with a presentation. The children’s ministry, the ministry I was part of, played with them in the patio: we danced, sang, played soccer, face painted, etc, etc...The medical team saw a great multitude of people and blessed many families. At the end of the day we were getting ready to leave, I walked into a room were the director of the center was giving a speech of gratitude, pastor Wanda, asked if there was something we could pray for for her, she paused, took a deep breath and with much difficulty said “yes, pray for peace”, she then went on to explain that her 19yr old son, only child, was killed in 2016, she said it was unfair, he was assaulted and killed. My heart started beating super fast but I had no intention of opening my mouth, Pastor Wanda asked for Pastor Leo to pray for her, as they put a chair in the middle of the room and my team was moving towards the center to pray for her, I asked Pastor Wanda, in a very low tone of voice, can I tell her something? I thought I could whisper a couple of words of encouragement into her ear, but the spirit took over as soon as I put my hand on her shoulder. I cried like I never cried before, I shared that my 16yr old brother was killed, I had lost a brother and my mom had lost a son, I recognized her pain because I had seen it in my mom’s life...At that point I understood why I was there, I understood the purpose of embarking on my first missions trip and despite of all the obstacles, I made it there because of that moment. I left there with a sense of peace and relief. I never had the chance to mourn my brother because I was too busy making sure my mother and siblings were well, “BUT God” not only, through His love and mercy reminded this woman (Noemí) that He loved her, that He sees her pain, that He had not forgotten her...the Lord was also doing something in me, this moment was the beginning of a healing process for me.

The God of all comfort, comforted me so that I would comfort others with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Cor. 1:3-5

Marjorie