The Holy Spirit's Perfect Balance

Today one of the young women of the community, who used to be one of the girls in our group of adolescents, came to the Social Work Site.  As happens with many of the visits, we weren’t expecting her because it was a time when we were working with the outreach team that is with us this week.  She was very sad, and wanted to talk. 

We only had a moment because we needed to leave with the team to walk in the community.  But, she really wanted to keep on talking. 

One of the challenges of our work is trying to attend to the needs of both the students and the people of the community at the same time, while seeking where the Holy Spirit guides us. 

We told this young woman that we would go to visit her home that afternoon.  And, the Holy Spirit definitely made the perfect balance! 

When we went to visit, this young woman told us some of the struggles she was going through.  She then told us that one of the things she would like to ask God is that He would help her change her life. 

One of the outreach participants (and team leader) shared that when she had been young, she had made bad decisions in her life, and this had brought a lot of difficulty and misery. 

She shared that only following Jesus had changed her life, and also the life of her daughter and of her grand-daughter.  She said that this could happen for this young woman, if she would follow Jesus.  She told her that Jesus would help her, but she needed to do her part, and invite Him to work in her life.

She then invited her to come to the Social Work site later this week, to listen to a lesson that she was going to share.  The young woman said yes, she would come.  We hope that she is going to do it, and we know that this visit was a part of the Holy Spirit’s plans.

Please pray that this young mother will come to hear the lesson on Thursday morning.  Please pray for the outreach participant as she shares the lesson she prepared back in the United States.  Praise God for the way He prepared this encounter before she even stepped on the plane!

The Holy Spirit truly is at work, both in the lives of those who come on outreaches and those who live in El Callejon.  What a blessing to share in His amazing plans.  What a comfort to know that He knows all of our needs, and arranges for just the perfect balance when we seek His guidance!