It all started when my team and I were house to house evangelizing in the Amazon Jungle Region in Peru, in a river village called San Jose. The people here were warm and friendly and hungry for the Word of God. As two of my teammates and I were walking and praying about which house to visit, a little girl not even two years-old popped her head out of a straw house. I thought to myself, “this is the house we are supposed to go to”, so we did.
As we went in, I met the woman of the house, her name was Loita. That day, God did something special in her life and I will never forget it. He showed His deep love to her through me and the translator who was with us, Julio. I have never been apart of something so powerful when there are language barriers involved.
I sat down on the floor of her house and she sat her hammock with the little girl who was at the door while we were talking. This little girl was her daughter and her name was Jahida. I asked her questions through Julio and foung out that Loita was the mother of 6 children and that her husband was an alcoholic who never wanted to go to church, even though she loved going. He was hardly ever home. I remember my heart absolutely breaking for Loita, so much so that I started to cry. I remember the Holy Spirit brought words to my mind for her. I don’t remember exactly what they were, but I remember that she was weeping along with me. I knew that they were the exact words that she needed to hear.
I left that day simply blown away by how God spoke through me straight into her heart. It was amazing. I continued to see her for the next few days before we went to the next village and every time, even though we could not speak the same language, we would always smile really big at each other and give each other a hug. When we left for the next village, we were both crying and I told her that I would be praying for her.
At the end of that trip, we went by San Jose once again on our way back to the city. I ran up the hill to see her and we almost fell over when we hugged each other! It was only for a few minutes that we saw each other for that very last time. I don’t know if I will ever see her again, but I know that I will see her in Heaven which makes my heart so happy.