More to the story

If you heard me speak while I was in the states then you know about M.  She has a terribly hard story of poverty, loneliness, and loss.  We wanted to move her into the girls’ home, but had lost touch with her right before I left the country.  The good news is… she is found!

A week ago today I got a call from an unknown number.  It was Melissa.  She was in Copan, about 6 hours from here working as household help for a stranger.  It was so sad to me listen to her talk about how she just didn’t really believe that it would work out for her at PDE.  Someone offered her a chance to escape her life that was immediate, so she took it.  And she is used to earning her own way in life.  She talks about how it would be too hard to just “let” us help her without being able to give anything in return.  At least where she is she is earning her own way.  They treat her poorly and she makes $35/month, but she feels like she is able to survive. 

These are the times when I just want to scoop these girls up and tell them that they are so loved.  They can have a chance, a new life.  They can experience grace and not have to work for everything.  Its okay to let us help you, to just receive for a little while because life has beaten you up so hard.  And I want them to know how much I long for them to know Jesus and His grace and how His love isn’t based on how hard we work.

I was able to tell Melissa that day how much we care for her and that we still wanted her to come to the house, but I understood if she didn’t come back.  But if she changed her mind, to please call me.

Wednesday night I got another call.  E is three months old and was in the hospital with a high fever and eye infection.  The hospital is small and the doctors not very good.  They were telling her the baby had eye cancer and an allergy to the cold (It was probably 75 degrees).  Thankfully they recommended bring her back to La Ceiba to see a specialist.  So M called for help.  Bus fare, blood tests… all things that she could not afford.  As much as I care about her, I’m not willing to be responsible for her being in La Ceiba homeless, so I told her I would help her if she was at a place where she wanted to live with us upon leaving the hospital.  If not, then I couldn’t bring her here, because she would have nowhere to go.  She thought it through and called me back later saying that yes, she wanted to live in PDE.

She’s here.  In the hospital with her daughter.  Receiving.  Being patient.  Letting us love on her a little bit.  She’s still alone most of the time since I can’t be there with her all the time.  But we are checking in, taking diapers and food, and waiting to see what the doctor says.  They have been sleeping in the emergency waiting room because there are no beds available, but the doctor says it’s an infection and once her fever stays down he will let them come home.

It’s not official yet, there are still papers to prepare and work to be done before Melissa officially comes to PDE.  But please pray for it to happen.  Pray for her heart to be able to receive the gift of a new start.  Pray for healing for little E to be able to leave the hospital soon.  And pray for M to know Jesus more than anything else!