God is good! There are two stories I want to share here. The first is about the family I talked about in the last post that lost their baby after 19 weeks. The father of the baby had always been against Lucia going to El Jordan and was against anything to do with God in general. When he first caught a glimpse of his son in the casket when Corina and Heidi brought it over, though, something changed in him. He was struck by how formed he was and realized that though he wasn't yet born when he died, he was still a baby and still his son. And so he grieved in the best way he knew how. He took the box into his house. After a long time, he came out and they realized that he had written 'Marcelino' with his finger in green paint on the top of the box. This is what he named him. He then buried him in his yard and placed a cross on his grave. After that, when he was talking to Corina and Heidi, he said that he wanted to attend the Friday night chapel that was coming up that friday (which is like a monthly church service held at El Jordan)! The Lord used a terrible event to bring this man closer to himself! Praise God!

A few weeks back I met a lady named Jovanna. She had had a brain tumor that was causing her to rapidly loose all functions, starting with her sight and ability to move. In one week, she went from functioning as normal to being almost completely blind and paralyzed. So we pooled together money to get her brain surgery to take out the tumor that was taking her life. The next day, she came to El Jordan, walking, seeing, and so thankful. That night as she was talking with Corina, she accepted Christ as her savior. The joy I saw in her eyes, left me speechless- literally.
She received new life in two ways on this day. And she completely changed her life around. The next day, however, she got the results back from other tests they took. They told her that though they got the tumor, the cancer had spread and she has 6 months to live. She is a special lady and I have no idea what must be going through her mind right now. But God provided for her for that surgery so that she would have enough time to decide to live the rest of her life for Him. Praise the Lord that she did! But please please pray for her as this must be a pretty difficult time.

The Lord is always working, even when we think no good can come from a situation, he redeems.