Meet M

This past Sunday we moved a new girl into the house! Her name is M and is 23 years old. She has a 5 month old daughter named S. They are from the community of La Fe where some of my teammates work. They had been living in a small house with M's mom, younger sister, older sister, and her older sister's 3 kids. She was very determined to find Shannon and is very eager to know more of the Lord. A neighbor told her she should find Shannon a few weeks ago and told her where the used clothing store run by Puerta de Esperanza was. Even after going to the store and the girls telling her they couldn't give her Shannon's number she wasn't discouraged. Somehow she found out where Shannon's fiancé works and showed up at his garage. That is determination! The first time Lesther brought M to meet Shannon and I we had a short-term team from the states and were out to dinner with them. M hadn't brought any diapers (because she was out and had been using t-shirts as cloth diapers) so I walked to a gas station next door and bought her 8 diapers. A week and a half later when I picked her up for church she told me she still had diapers left. How? Because she was still using her make-shift cloth diapers at home and saving the real ones for when she left the house because they are easier. 

From the first time we met her 2 weeks ago she said she wasn't a Christian but would make comments like she was. So, last week when we took her to visit the house and then out to lunch Shannon clearly explained the gospel and M prayed with Shannon! Pray for her as her life is going through big changes right now. Pray also for C and Y as they are feeling a little jealous of all the extra attention she is getting. Pray for their hearts and that they would have grace for her and remember that they were where she was not too long ago.