Your Prayers Do Make a Difference!

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Published: Sunday, 19 September 2010 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

We had a great speaker every Wednesday evening in July for 9 couples from El Jordan.  It was neat to see the nine who started, finish (with the exception of one man).  The speaker dealt with handling finances, resolving conflict, addictions and abuse/mistreatment in a relationship.   The girls are regulars at El Jordan – but at least 7 of the nine men still have problems with addictions.  As each week went by, they asked more questions and opened up more about the realities they lived.  When I walked in at the very end to present a Bible to each couple, tears came to my eyes...  Nine couples – all with their heads bowed, different ones earnestly praying for their families...  It was beautiful...  

Their lives and relationships are complicated to say the least – their families won’t change overnight – but what I do know is that they showed interest in learning... and God’s word was planted in their hearts... and it won’t return void!  Since then, several have mentioned their husbands reading the Bible they were given...

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Shivering and Syncretism

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Published: Monday, 19 July 2010 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

What does shivering and syncretism have to do with each other?  ...well... not much... they’re just things I wanted to tell you about...

Winter has struck... the temperature has dropped to about 7 or 8 degrees Celsius...(this is now Sunday, and it went down to 3 degrees Celsius this morning! This is the coldest it has been for years...) and to top it off, there has been a constant drizzle for the last couple days...  We don’t get sub-zero temperatures here but when there is such a drastic change in temperature, you’re damp, there is no heating in houses and you have to wait longer (in a cold drizzle) for the bus - its not long until you’re chilled to the bone... and you feel like you can never get warm.

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The Shirt That's Too Small

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Published: Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

Have you ever felt that your shirt is just a little too tight (it must have shrunk in the wash!!!)... Its not comfortable anymore and you need to move up one size... I’ve felt that way since after Keiden was born... things just don’t fit quite as good as they used to before...

But this isn’t an e-mail to talk about the size of my clothes, its about El Jordan...  Several times during my 15 (!!!!) years here I’ve felt the same way...  When God led me to work with street kids, I started out getting to know, visiting and gaining the trust of the kids on the streets.  I thoroughly enjoyed those years of having only one key in pocket, the streets - my “office”, and the people - my schedule.

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Just one minute ... it can make a difference!!

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Published: Friday, 04 June 2010 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street. Lamentations 2:19 NIV

Could you give just one minute this weekend to “lift up your hands to God for the lives of children at risk”?  The“World Wide Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk” was started by the Viva Network back in 1995... Last year over 2 million people took time to be sensitive to this issue that is so close to God’s heart...  Christ showed his heart several times for children while needy, hungry, poor people were chosen repeatedly as a theme in the Bible.  So... put the two together... children - at risk – and you’ve found something undoubtedly important to God.

Gardenia brought 9 year old Joel to El Jordán, in hopes that we could get him into a kids home to “solve” his many problem... God once again showed me a glimpse of his marvellous grace for children at risk... but before I tell you more about Joel, I’ve copied some information from the Viva Network’s webpage so maybe we can join them in their effort to come together before God to intercede for our world’s needy “little ones”...

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