Tonight I got the oportunity to go to the red light district of Ensenada with the students from the base. Every friday night at 8pm they go to the downtown area and offer soup, bread and hot chocolate to anyone that would come as well as prayer. We sing songs about God, His love, and desire to have a relationship with us. It is mainly men who come, a lot of them are intoxicated or not of sound mind; most of them homeless. Needless to say it is a very dark and seemingly hopless enviroment which makes it the perfect place for God's glory, power, mercy and majesty to shine through, so keep it in your prayers.
I spoke with a few individuals: Susan*, Judith*, Ronaldo*. Here is part of their stories and how you can pray for them:
-Judith* just recently moved to Ensenada from Tijuana with her husband. They have the cutest 8 month old baby boy and no place to live.
-Ronaldo* is not of sound mind but has knowledge of the word (some of it is twisted, some of it is not). He was incoherent. He claims to be a christian but he also claims to be a drug dealer and smuggler (i'm not sure if any of those are actually true :-/). Pray that God would reveal Himself to him and heal his mind.
-Susan* has been living in Ensenada for 10 years. She has two children from two separate previous marriages: a 24 yr old girl and a 14 yr old boy- they both live in different part of Mexico. She and her husband live in a Motel but tonight they had just been kicked out because they didn't have the money for today.
I hope to go back to Bajio every other Friday and continue to build relationships with the people that go there. Pray for me, that God would empower me to preach good tidings to the poor; to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
**All names have been changed for privacy purpose.
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