Crossway Christian Church exists to bring living hope to broken people through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. One of the ways we live this out is by serving alongside ministry partners Enlace, in El Salvador, and Missions of Hope in Kenya. This blog follows our parterships around the world in sharing the love of Jesus Christ.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
There were 14 of us on the El Salvador team that went in February.We were split into two groups of seven each in order to help build two homes for people in the community who were deemed to be in the greatest need for them.Our team was helping to build a house for a man named Ignacio or Nachito as he was known by his community. Nachito is 57 years old and suffered a stroke when he was 38. He has no family and never attended school so he couldn't read.Every day Nachito would walk to the work sight and watch as we worked alongside Paco, the job foreman, and the other El Salvadoran men. One day I got to sit with Nachito and chat with him with the help of Walter, our Enlace companion who was able to speak with Nachito and translate for us. Together we asked Nachito if he had a relationship with the Lord and he said he did not.So of course we asked him if he wanted to and he said yes. So while sitting alongside the dirt path Nachito asked the Lord to make His home in his heart. We wanted to give him a bible but he could not read. Fortunately, Juan had brought an Evangicube, the cube that conveys the gospel of salvation through pictures. As the week went on Juan had the opportunity to share the Evangicube with Nachito. He shared it with him not just once, but three or four times, so that Nachito would hopefully remember it. It was a very sweet time with a dear man from Pajiqua who now has a new home and new hope.
Joanne LeBlanc
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