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The Darkest Moments |
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25 Marzo 2001 -
Man, I'm getting really bad at writing. In a bit I'll be hitting my "slump" or 18 month mark, so I'll try my best to write every day during that period so that I have a good account of the last part of this great experience.
Lately some really cool things have happened. I'll do a quick repass of the ones I remember:
1) One day we went to visit a man from Peru named Eduardo. He has all sorts of problems that have put a really humble man in a tough situation. I prayed that morning for a comprehension of his problems so I could feel real empathy for him and really understand. We went there and he told us his whole story. As I listened I really did feel compassion and understanding and appreciation for all the effort he was putting forth to follow God.
This, although, also made me feel really depressed because I saw no feasible piacevole solution to his problems. I really felt horrible for him, and was we left his house his problems were weighing heavily on me. I just couldn't get it out of my head. Finally I decided I just had to push it aside and start helping the people around me that I could - so we started doing street.
Probably the 2nd person we talked to stopped and set an appointment w/ us. We've met w/ him and he has now set a baptismal date for the 8th of April. I believe that it's really in the darkest moments when we feel the worst, that we have a great opportunity to push it aside and help others overcome their problems. And I believe that God placed Cristian there just to help me learn that it's in the darkest hardest moments that we need to reach out THE MOST and it's in those moments that we find people we can help.
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