FEBRUARY 5, 2021
At El Jordan we walk alongside many women, who once were on the streets, but now are searching for a different life. Some still have quite hard hearts and we are asking God to soften those. Others, like Gabriela, are growing in their faith and walk with God… They stumble and they fall, they get up again. They need a hug and encouragement along the way. At El Jordan, we pray that we will have the wisdom and discernment to know how to “HELP” without getting in the way of them seeing JESUS in their life.
This is a PRAISE GOD! that was in our Spanish “El Jordan Prayer Whatsapp Group" (and then our El Jordan News Group) about Gabriela, our El Jordán student (single mom of 4 boys between 7 and 15) in who we have seen “FRUIT” in her life over the last year…
“I want to share an answer to prayer with you. On Sunday, the owner of a business on a main street a block away from her house CAME TO GABRIELA´S HOUSE to offer her a space outside the business where she can sell her products! Gabriela was surprised and very happy – it is the exact place she had seen and had pondered in her heart as “the perfect place to sell”. God answered her desire! Gabriela must be doing something good!” Carola Borge – missionary to El Jordan
God once again did much more than we could have imagined! Gabriela has been looking for a place to sell her bread, cakes and other things she makes.... Here in Bolivia, it is hard for anyone to find a good “free” place to sell.... The FIRST one who settles into a corner or under a tree or on the fringe of a market feels like the "owner" who can chase any new people away.... After not finding a specific place to sell every day, Gabriela and her sons opted to walk and walk through the neighborhoods pushing a wheelbarrow to sell their products. But this week her 4 boys started school (virtually)... Gabriela needs to sell... but she also needs to be close to home to help her boys... That was when God sent her the OWNER (from a business on a main street) to GABRIELA´S DOOR to offer her a place to sell - a short block away from where she is living.
Isn't God amazing?
For quite a long time, Gabriela knew that the life she was surrounded by was not honoring to God, that the decisions she was making in her life were taking her down a different path. On December 1, 2020, Gabriela stepped away from the rooms she was renting because of the Gabriela´s son Gabriel in his zoom class.... VERY negative influences that surrounded her and her boys. Doing so, she also stepped away from the "support" system she had.... she left her clients and her little "sidewalk restaurant" behind... She stepped out into the unknown... trusting God. And God didn´t fail her!
Please continue to pray for Gabriela and her boys...
- That they would grow in their FAITH and walk with God.
- That God would provide their every need.
- Strength and health for Gabriela as she carries the load of raising her sons in this difficult time.
Thank you!
Because HE is faithful - in every situation,
Corina (for Marco, Keiden and Marlee)
Marco & Corina Clements Soria
WhatsApp: 591-776-90452
El Jordan: www.KidsInBolivia.org