I had a 16 year old boy named Heller come and sit down with
me. I began to ask him questions. He excitedly told me that a friend had
brought him to the Church 3 months ago. He continued and explained to me that
he had heard the Gospel and accepted Christ.
Not only that but, the Church had a group for him, it was specifically for
teenagers and that he was taught from the Bible every week.
I then asked him how I could pray for him. We never got to his prayer request but I bet
his prayers were still answered, wait and hear how the story turns out…
At this point, his
mother was brought over to join us. She immediately
shared to me how thankful she was for the ministry of the Church. She went on to explain to me that her 13 year
old son was part of the Compassion International program. You know the Christian organization that cares for
children for a dollar a day. This
younger son started to attend this Church about year ago. He had invited Heller to come with him to
Church. The mother with tears in her eyes explained that both
the boys had accepted Christ and she was so excited for what Jesus was doing in
her boys’ lives.
Now the story gets interesting… Heller turns to me and says through the
translator, “My mom is not a Christian and my brother and I have been asking
her to accept Christ and go to Church with us!
She won’t.” I almost fell out of
my chair, this mother had just told me about how Jesus was impacting the lives
of her 2 boys. I started sharing the
Gospel with her. When I got done I asked
her, ”Do you want to receive God’s free gift?”
She said, “No I am not ready.” I was surprised or shocked. Like I said earlier this is the women that just told me the impact Jesus had in
her son’s lives.
So I asked her again, “Do you really think Jesus is doing
something in your boys?”
She said, “Yes Jesus is at work in there lives... but I
am not ready?”
I said, “Heller just told me that both he and his brother
have asked you to accept Christ.”
Once again Victoria said, “yes, but I am not ready?”
I said back, “Do you know your boys love you so much that
they never want to be apart from you, they want you to join them in heaven
someday?
At this Victoria’s tears came into Victoria’s eye’s she said
to me, “I want to accept Christ!”
I prayed with her to receive Christ. Heller looked liked a teenager that was just
given keys to brand new car, but he knew it was better then a new car, he knew how important this decision was for
his mother. He was so excited to share the good news with his brother, and now
he was so glad they would now go to Church as a family.
I bet if his mom had not walked up at that
moment, he would have asked me to pray that his mother would accept Christ! What do you think? I think God was already answering Heller's prayer before he had a chance to ask. I just had the privilage of sitting in as God's Ambassador and speaking God's words of truth to Victoria.
My prayer for this family is this: That there testimony will now be, “Jesus has
done so much for my family!”
