Life to the Least of These
We finished our task in Peru by God’s grace, and we traveled 12 hours by bus to cross the border into Guayaquil, Ecuador.As we headed to our lodging place, we realized that the rich neighborhood of Guayaquil was more advanced than the major cities of U.S.
We had to ask, is there anything for us to do here?
But reality soon hit as we began to visit the churches in the slum areas. Then, we visited “The Word of Life” church in Duran. We have been visiting slum areas of Latin America for the past 25 years, but from the entrance to the community, things didn’t seem right.
After we finished the VBS program at the church, we were inspired by the Holy Spirit to visit individual homes of a few children and we understood why our Lord brought us here. There are two brothers.
They are Steven, the older brother, and Alexi, the younger brother.
Their dad left a long time ago and they struggle to make ends meet each day. That’s why only Steven attends school since they can’t afford the school supplies and uniforms for both siblings.
On the day our team visited their home, mom was nowhere to be found. Of course she had to go find any available work to bring a little food home. Alexi is already 11 years old, but he cannot read since he has never attended a school. He does very little activity and sits at home all day while his brother goes to school. The community of Duran is enormous and no one knows how many hundreds of children like Alexi lives here. We understood why our Lord led us here.
We humbly bowed down before the presence of the Lord. “Lord! Use us to shine your light here. Let many of these children grow up to be your beautiful and mighty young people like Ana Christina and glorify you!” Will you please join us in prayer for the children
of Duran, Ecuador?
