Hospital

Greetings to all in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I write to you today with mixed feelings. It has been a tough week, but also a week with moments of joy and peace. Our co-pastors, Enrique and Miguela, are expecting their fourth child. They have three sons: Leo, Elías, and Leandro. They are expecting a daughter. Miguela has high blood pressure and other issues. Last year, on the very day we opened our Santa Ana campus of the church, she has a major seizure, out of the blue, and almost died. With her blood pressure and anti-seizure medicines and her age, she is a very high-risk pregnancy. Last Friday, she was admitted to the hospital because she was having the same symptoms she had before she had the seizure. It has scared them and their family.

Most of you can probably imagine that the public hospital system here is not that good. There are four beds in her room (if you can call them beds), and the hospital was built in 1943 and has been condemned. In fact, in just a few weeks, they will be demolishing it to rebuild a new one. So, it's not that nice. It's not that clean, and yet, they are happy because they know that God is providing for them.

God is using their lives to minister to other families that have had children and/or are awaiting the birth of their child. Enrique told me that on Monday a young man, who lives only one block from our church, came in to visit his sister who had just had her baby. He is a drug addict at the age of 17. No hope, no desire to live, and struggling with daily things like finding food to eat or water to drink. Things we take for granted. Enrique and I will be visiting him this weekend or next depending on whether or not we can find him. Please pray with us that he will allow God to free him from his prison of sin and drugs. That is our hope! That is our prayer!

God please help us to minister to Mathias and his sister. Please free them from everything that is holding them back from having a personal relationship with you.

Blessings to you all,
Charley