Yesterday we were in Muy Muy in an extremely rural community opening up a new feeding center and as we were unloading the food at the church this older gentleman name José approached us.
He said "By chance do you have a bible in there?" and I said, "yes...why do you ask?" He then began to share his story. He was on his death bed in the hospital 18 years ago when 3 men he didn't know came to him and prayed for him. He was healed. He went back up into the mountains and found the closest church to him and has served God faithfully ever since. He said that for 18 years he'd been waiting for his very own bible. "I'm hungry for God!" he stated. He would cross 2 rivers on foot everyday to get to the church just to borrow the Pastor's bible. However, years ago the Pastor's bible got wet from the rain and half of it was destroyed. You can imagine with the extreme poverty every time it rains the shacks get flooded and all their possessions get soaked. Then he went on to share the most interesting part. He's been preaching for 4 years. Arriving early to the church to be able to study out of half of the Pastor's bible.
As the bible was placed in his hands yesterday he said "This is my life! I will treat it like Gold."
