Today was the last clinic. We were at Las Palmas. I didn't see Valentina today. I am not sure if she is still here. I pray she is doing ok. but I did meet some great people!
Maria was one of them. She is 88 yo and she told us her story. It is pretty amazing the things she has overcome. Let me tell you her story.
Maria said that her dad wanted a boy when she was born. When he found out that she wasn't a boy, he told the nurse to just throw her away. I couldn't imagine knowing my dad didn't want me. How when he died, he didn't' leave her anything, only to her brothers. Her brothers kicked her out of the house and she had no where to go. Then she met a man and they had 10 kids!!! She said with one of her deliveries, she had to deliver by herself! Then she said once the baby was born, she went to and got a machete and cut the cord. She then got her baby settled then went out to milk the cow! I couldn't imagine having to do this alone!
Another man was a farmer and talking about his work and how proud he was of his farm. Turns out this man was the son of Maria! She raised her kids good.
another lady was pregnant and had her 2 kids with her, a daughter and a son. When asked what they wanted, a brother or sister, they both said they wanted the opposite of sex of what they were. Mom said it was because they both had their own room and they didn't want to share it!
We saw 131 people at the clinic. While I heard so many wonderful stories, I also hear the not so wonderful and the stories that you can only see in their eyes they do not want to tell. I just pray for them and hope God can work through me to help them with my words and actions.
Colossians 3:17; And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Bendiciones
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