This sunday, a missionary came to speak. And his wife was giving her testimony too.
his wife is from Camden, NJ (consistently rated one of the most dangerous, if the not THE most dangerous city in the US). Her mom was a heroin addict and her dad was a drug dealer. Her brother followed the footsteps of his dad and was killed as a drug dealer. Her sister became addicted to heroin too. She, herself, went to church or some christian thing and accepted Christ when she was 15. She started dating a guy in her Church in high school. They are now married. He is some engineer. He recently gave up his $80,000/year salary to go to Chile to serve, and now they are going to some other latino country... And she was telling us that now her mom has accepted Christ and her sister accepted God too, and went to rehab and is now back in Camden doing ministry ... and I think her dad accepted Christ too. pretty cool eh? how God uses people and how He saves us
She was telling us how when she was serving in chile, she met a girl in an orphanage who told her how she got there. The girl said that her brother was molesting her, and she told her mom, who didn't believe her and told her to not talk about it again. She finally told her teacher, and ended up in the orphanage; her family has denied/rejected her now.
And that girl in the orphange accepted Christ after the missionary's wife (the Camden one) shared her testimony at the girls' orphanage. The missionary's Camden+family experience allowed her to relate to those girls in the orphanage, and because of her testimony, the girls trusted her and found hope in Christ.
It's amazing how God works.
And, so all things do work together for good, for those who love him. Romans 8:28
And we just can't see it yet. And we may never be able to see it. Until we leave.
Let us finish strong
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