POST by JOSE: Dios te Cuida en Los Momentos Más Duros

Jose with his pal Ronny...

About two years ago I had an experience that involved feeling the presence of God by my side. He guided and protected me from a lot of dangers.

One day a friend of mine invited me to go with her to church, because they were having an evangelistic service. I decided to accept the invitation and went along with my friend.

We went along and I enjoyed the preaching and how they shared Jesus. I was very happy and started to go every Sunday to church.

One Sunday I went to church and everything started out great.  I liked feeling the joy of the Lord and the thrill of being together with other Church folk who also loved the Lord.

I felt very happy because before I knew Christ, I did not believe in him. Things would happen to me in my life, and I would be like “why are these things happening to me? Why do these bad things ALWAYS happen to me?” I would start crying and felt like I didn’t have answers to my questions.

Most of the time I felt like life wasn’t worth living and that there was no point in going on, and that life just didn’t make sense.

Living life like that, meant that there was no meaning for me. It made me push people away. I felt invisible. I did not want to talk to anyone. People would talk to me and I would answer them with unkind words.

I hated everyone and I didn’t care about anyone. I felt invincible. But when I went to that church, everything changed and I felt comforted.

One day, the service went on for a little longer than usual. After the service, some brothers from church offered me a lift in their car and dropped me at a bus stop. I waited a long time for the bus, my mode of transport for getting home, but it never came.

I was very scared because my house was a long way away from where I had been waiting for the bus. So I started to pray to Jesus. I asked him, “Lord, please protect me from danger and don’t let anything bad happen to me. Please take care of me.”

At that very moment, I started to walk to my house. I needed to go through places that were very dangerous, where bad things happen. I kept on walking and praying asking God to protect me.

I did not know the way, because the city is big and at times I felt lost. Yet God guided me with the wind. He directed me and told me which way to go. I went through places that might have been dangerous, but no one came out to hurt me.

The trip home on a bus takes about an hour, but God assisted me and my travel time was not too long - I arrived home in just an hour and a half! I was safe and unharmed, ALL thanks to God.

At that moment I knew that he was always with me protecting me. When you have problems that feel pretty hard, ask Jesus to help you, because he is always aware, no matter what. Never lose faith. Faith moves mountains!

Always trust the Lord, because he will help you with the hardest problems of your life.

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This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story is more understandable. 

Hace como dos años yo tuve una experiencia inolvidable en la que dios estuvo a  mi lado y me guio y me protegió de muchos peligros, un día una amiga me invito que fuera a su iglesia que avía un encuentro y yo acepte ir con ella fuimos la primera vez y me gusto como predicaban y como se expresaban de Jesús yo muy contento empecé a ir todos los domingo solo a la iglesia, un domingo que fui a la iglesia todo empezó muy alegre me gustaba mucho sentir el gozo del señor la alegría que se sentía el ambiente con los hermanos era muy agradable esa experiencia y me sentía muy feliz yo antes de conocer a dios no creía en el porque me pasaban cosas que yo decía porque a mí porque solo a mí me pasa esto y yo me ponía a orar  y sentía que no tenía respuestas a mis preguntas mucha beses pensé que la viada no era nada que no valía la pena vivir que la vida no tenía sentido me quise apartar de las personas yo me sentía invisible no quería hablar con nadie a todo el que me hablaba bien yo le contestaba mal, era alguien odioso que no me importaban los demás solo era yo me sentía como invencible más que los demás pero desde el momento que fui a esa iglesia todo cambio me sentía reconfortado.

Un día se me hiso tarde en la iglesia y unos hermanos me fueron a dejar a la estación de buces y yo me quede esperando el bus para ir a mi casa y nunca paso por que ya era muy noche yo muy asustado por que mi casa quedaba lejos le comencé a orar a Jesús y le decía señor protégeme de todo peligro que no me pase nada cuídame guárdame  y en ese momento decidí caminar hasta mi casa tenía que pasar por lugares muy peligrosos donde avían muchos delincuentes y cosas malas peor yo por dentro cuando iba caminando le decía señor protégeme yo no conocía el camino por que la ciudad es algo grande y me sentía perdido pero el señor me guiaba con el viento, cuál era el camino correcto pase por lugares que tal vez eran peligrosos y no me salía nadie a hacerme daño el camino de regreso en ruta era de casi una hora en autobús y dios me iso  el camino más corto llegue en hora y media a mi casa sano y salvo gracias a dios y desde ese momento yo sentí que él siempre estuvo con migo protegiéndome cuando tengan un problema que sientan que es difícil para ustedes pídanle a Jesús el señor que él está ateto a sus peticiones sea cual sea nunca pierdan la fe la fe mueve montañas.

Confiemos siempre en el señor que él nos sacara de los problemas más difíciles de nuestras vidas.

POST by ERICSON: Testimony

Ericson, in His Room at Capital on the Edge

I am from Nicaragua, a very poor country (in Central America).

The story of my life begins like this. I was born into a hardworking family. Our family was poor and humble.

One day my Dad went to work in Costa Rica. When children are little, they do not know how life will unfold. I was five years old at the time. My mum was waiting for my dad to send us money but the money never came. That’s when I started working for other people.

On top of working, I realised that my family had many problems. My family too began to worry, because of all our problems. All of my brothers ended up going to work. I worked at a famous market in Nicaragua, the Mercado Oriental Monte Negro.

I decided to work so that at least I could provide food for my family. But I realised my earnings were not enough. My mum told me not to work and so with time, I stopped working.

One day I noticed that my older sister was getting an attack of epilepsy and I asked my mum “What is happening to my older sister?” She did not respond to me and I was scared so I started to cry.

The next day, I asked my mum again about what was happening to my sister. She told me that my sister was experiencing an attack of epilepsy, and then she started crying because she did not have money to by medicine for her.

I woke up the next day and my mum asked my “Where are you going so early in the morning? It’s only 4am!” I replied “Mum, I am going to work.” Then she asked me “where?”  I told her that I was going to work in the market. “Why?” Mum, you said that you did not have money so I am going to go work and bring some money home.

She thought that I was lying but she let me go anyway. I worked when I was seven until I was ten. One day in that market a man asked me “Do you know where the lady that makes blankets is?” I told him that I did know and he said to me, “I will give you one hundred cords (a little over $4) if you take me to her.

I agreed because I used to earn that much money in one week and I went with him. He asked me if it was far away and I replied that it was and so he suggested that we could go in his car and I agreed.

In that time he said to me “This will be the last time that you ever see the light of day” I asked him “Why?” He told me “Because we are going to sell your organs.” I do not know where I got the strength from but I fought with the man and jumped out of the car and started running.

When I got home I did not leave the house for three months. After ten days, a man came to our house and he had gifts. I was wondering, “who is that man?” My mum eventually told me “that’s your father.” At that moment I went running. I was mad because I thought he bought me a gift so that I would forgive him. I started thinking “where was he when my mum and brothers were suffering? Where was he when we almost lost my mum’s farm? Where was he when my older sister got an attack of epilepsy? I am never going to forgive him because I have suffered so much.”

As time passed, I started to trust my father and our family became pretty normal. One day my Mum said that she was going to go to her farm to take care of it, but I said “no Mum, don’t go.” I said, “I will go.” So I went and took care of the farm by myself. I was out there for one whole year. My mum only came to visit me twelve times. She used to come and visit me on the weekend, once per month, every month, at the end of the month.

Ericson Performing with Capital on the Edge, on Nicaraguan Television

I needed to take care of myself that whole time. I would plant fruits, take care of the cows and sell wood. That’s how I survived. One day I saw in the news that a man had been killed on a farm right behind where my mum’s farm was. My family did not know about it.

One night at 1am, I heard a sound and a bunch of voices. I started to pray. Then the voices went away. The next day all of our dogs were dead. One of my neighbours said that people had come and shot the dogs. He knew this because when the voices came he went outside to see who was there and he had seen what was going on. He didn’t see them very well though.

On another day, whilst I was still on the farm, I heard lots of shooting and thought that people must have been having a fight. I didn’t know who was shooting. I couldn’t see anyone.

Two days later and I went to Managua. Someone kept telling me that something had happened. My father was at work and had been shot in the leg. My Dad was a security guard and I told my Dad “I’m going to go in your place.” I worked in my Dad’s place for 2 months until my Dad’s leg healed.

A brother of mine was put into prison for 3 years. My older brother trained to be a pastor at university, so that he could preach the Gospel.

My Dad took care of the farms and took care of his parents, because they were very sick. Then I had to start working again in the market. At this time I suffered, because my brother was in jail.

I worked to give money to my older brother, so that he could complete his qualifications at university. I always have given money to my Mum and continue to do so. After finishing work I would cooked for everybody else in my family. Everyone would get home very late and so I cooked dinner every night for 3 years.

Thank God, because he has changed my life.

I have been practicing breakdancing for 3 years and now I am helping Capital on the Edge.

My family now has a lot of blessings. We are all Christians.

I didn’t have a fun childhood, because I had to work, but I am proud, because I wanted to kill myself when I was taking care of my mother’s farm, but I didn’t do it because I knew that God had a purpose for me. So I resisted. Now my family and I are blessed.

God opened the doors for me. 

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Ericson and Jonny, Working on their Studies

un dia en la noche como alas 1am  escuche un ruido y un monton de voces y  yo solo co mense a orar y des pues se fueron y al dia siguiente amanecieron muertos todos los peros y u vecino que le dieron un tiro por que el salio a esaora praber kien andava a esa ora y segui un tienpo mas y des pues un dia yo decia en mi mente a alguien le dieron un tiro pero noce kien es y pase un dos dias asi u mefui a la capita y solo algo medecia que avia pasado algo y al que le avian dado un tiro a mi papa en una pierna y el era vijilante y yo ledije papa yo boy a ir por ustep y pase dos meces trabajando como viji lante en la noche en una en presa asta que el serecupero de la piena y de pues un er mano mia cae preso por tres anos  mi otro ermano mayor estaba en el intituto biblico para cer un pasator para predicar el ebajelio y otro en la uni bersidad y mi papa cuidando las fincas y asus padre por que estaban muy en fermos y otrabes comenso mi es clavitup y yo comense a trabajar otrbes en el Mercado y en todo eses tienpo yo sufri en toda mi vida pasada por que a mi ermano que estaba preso le pasaba dinero cemanal ami er mano pastor le dava una ayuda para que ter minara su curso de 5 anos ami ermano de la unibercidad tan vien y ami mama sienpre le edado dinero y en todo ese tienpo ami ernano pastor des pues de trabajar yo tenia que cosinarle a el porque yegaba muy noche diario port res anos metoco eso gracias a Dios que a canviado mi mvida tengo tres anos se praticar break dance  y ando apoyando esta obra micionera y mi famila es muy abuntante en bendiciones por que todos somos salbos por que tenemos a cristo en nuestro Corazon  y en mi paiz no exciste nines pero estoy orguyoso por que yo kise asta colgarme de un mecate cuando cuidaba la finca y no lo ise por que yo savia que Dios tenia un propocito para mi y yo resisti y aora mi familia y yo bendecida prosperada y en Vitoria talve suno dice abeseces que estamos asiendo en este mundo asta que terminamos en dexescion y nu estro auto estima se baja eso me paso amia y yo serre esos malos pensamientos y dios me abrio sus puertas  gracia por aber leido mi istoria primera mente Dios ante todo.  

Ericson at the Beach, with Capital on the Edge