The Rest of the Story

It's been more than a year since the last time I made an entry in this blog... Grace does such a great job with our monthly newsletters.  There is more to one of the stories she shared this month, so I thought I'd share here.
Wilbert Martínez is one of our eight guards; Grace shared this photo of him standing in front of the home that he shares with his common law wife and two daughters.  He has been growing in his faith through our bi-weekly devotionals with the security team, in spite of the fact that he is just now learning to read and write (he says growing up in the country he never had the opportunity to have any formal schooling... even first grade).

A week ago last Sunday, he took his family to a church in his neighborhood, and when the pastor invited anyone who was ready to accept Jesus as Personal Savior and Lord, his seven-year-old daughter tugged on his arm and whispered that if she were old enough, she'd go forward.  The Holy Spirit used her to prick his heart and lead him to take that step of faith!

As I make this entry, Wilbert is traveling to his hometown to renew his citizenship papers, so that he can surprise the mother of his children by legally making her his wife, and pledging before God and his church family to love and cherish her for as long as they both shall live... and to be the father to their daughters that God intends.

May God continue to bless and guide this family!