POST by JOSE: The Ladies in My Life

Jose cooking dinner in the Ohio Valley (West Virginia)

Hello my name is Jose Ballardo and I would like to tell you a little bit about how Jesus came into my life and how I accepted him as my Saviour.

My life in the past: I hadn’t yet accepted Jesus in my life. When I was 10 years old I was very spoiled by my mum. She worked hard and spent most of her time with my brother. I had a babysitter that took care of me. My mum gave us everything we wanted and we were very happy because we had everything we asked for.

Bad friendships: Over time, things became worse for our family. My mum got fired from her job and we didn’t have enough money. I would watch my mother cry because sometimes we didn’t even have food at home to eat. When I was 12 years old, I made some friends who were going through the same economic circumstances as me.

Bad decisions: My new friends were poor and knew my life. I felt comfortable being around them. Yet I saw that they would go out well dressed and with elegant style. They would say to me, “Do you want to look like us?”

I looked at myself and thought about all the poverty we were lived in. I said “okay, I would like to dress like you.” They said, “Good, let’s go steal some stuff… We are going to teach you how to do it!” So I followed them.

We walked to a specific location and then my friends said, “See the lady who is walking along the road? We will follow her and you're going to grab her around the neck and you’re going to throw her down to the ground and then steal all the money she has.”

I started to think about it, because the lady was very old and it seemed like a really bad idea. However, desperate times call for desperate measures and so I agreed to the plan. “Alrighty, I'll do it. I have nothing to lose…” So I approached the old lady and robbed her of the money she was carrying. I then ran fast and far. When we regrouped, we split up the money somewhat evenly and I felt full of adrenaline.

After the “old lady” incident, I started getting into fights with other people. I viewed it all as a game. However, my mum did not realise what had happened or any of the bad stuff that I was now doing. I would skip school to go and get into trouble with my so-called “friends.”

FLAWS THAT ENTERED MY LIFE: I would escape with my friends and they began to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, but I would only watch them. Then one day they said, “Jose, try this… You’re going to like it a lot and it will make you feel better, and you will forget about your troubles…” I asked them, “What is it?” They intelligently explained “It’s Marijuana.”

I started smoking the Marijuana and then began to feel really weird. After that I didn’t try it again, but I did try alcohol and cigarettes. Thank the LORD my body would reject these different drugs. I would ask my friends, “Why would you consume these drugs if you act like idiots after using them?” Their only response was to laugh at me.

The Sadness and suffering of my mother: as the time passed I would spend my time doing bad things. All I would think about were bad things and I listened to a lot of Satanic Rock and very violently music. I internally felt that my life was rubbish. I even came to a day where I cursed and insulted God’s name and blamed him for all my problems and thought about killing myself.

However, in these moments of rage, something would stop me. I would get really angry and I would yell and offend my mum and she began to cry because I treated her badly and would yell at her.

She had begun to notice me hanging around with bad people and doing bad things. I would never have acted like that in the past. My mother became very sick because of the problems I was causing her. She asked me, “Son, please change? Please go to church and seek God in your life?” It was funny to me and so I would laugh at her, “Who is God? For me God is like a whatever…”

Jesus touched my life: I was still into really bad things but one day a lady came and said to me, “Son, can I talk to you a little bit about Jesus?” I was 17 years old and I said “Okay, sure – why not…” This lady started talking to me about the Lord, and about the love he has for us.

She explained to me that Jesus sacrificially gave his life to save us and I hadn’t really known much about Him before this. When she had finished reading the word of God, she told me, “I’m inviting you to church tomorrow and if you don’t come I'll come get you and bring you myself.”  I told her I’d go because I had nothing better to do.

The next day I went to church to see what it was all about. When I entered, “wow” - I felt something different. I felt a heat in my whole body that comforted me and made me forget all my problems.

We started to sing and praise God. After that day I started going every week to church. God began to walk in my life. All the evil things I’d done were forgiven and I didn’t have a lot of problems in my life anymore.

Growing In Jesus: God has healed and changed me. Now I am a missionary and I give my testimony for the glory and the honour for God. Every day I pray for all the wonderful people that I have met on these trips.

My mother is healthy and everything is all falling into place, even though sometimes I fall down, God is there to pick me up and he says, “Come on son, I’m here with you. My hand is holding you.” In each church that I go to, I meet wonderful, nice people and I know that God has changed them like he has changed me.

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.

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Jose & Eliezer at Niagara Falls

Jesús en mi vida y como me a cambiado

Hola mi nombre es jose ballardo y les quiero contar un poco de como Jesús entro en mi vida y lo e aceptado como mi salvador.

Vida pasada: En mi vida pasada cuando no había aceptado a Jesús cuando yo tenía 10 años era un chico muy mimado por mi mama ella trabajaba mucho y pasaba solo la mayor parte del tiempo con mi hermano y la niñera que nos cuidaba mi mama nos daba todo lo que queríamos y éramos muy felices porque teníamos todo lo que queríamos.

Malas amistades: Con el tiempo las cosas se fueron  poniendo peor a mi mama la habían despedido del trabajo y no ajustábamos con el dinero habían mas deudas yo solo miraba llorar a mi mama porque abecés nos hacía falta la comida en el hogar. Cuando tenía 12 años conocí a unos amigos que pasaban por la misma situación que yo.

Malas decisiones: Ellos pasaban por lo mismo y me sentía cómodo con ellos, pero yo miraba que caminaban bien vestidos y muy elegantes y ellos me decían quieres ser como nosotros, yo me miraba y pensaba en la pobreza que estábamos pasando y les dije ok si me gustaría vestirme como ustedes y ellos me dijeron vamos a robar  te vamos a ensenar como hacerlo y yo les seguí y me decían te vamos a explicar vez aquella señora que va caminando la vamos a seguir y tu la vas a sujetar del cuello y la vas a tirar al suelo y le sacas todo el dinero que lleva y llo me puse a pensar por que la señora era muy anciana, pero después me dije ok lo voy a hacer no pierdo nada y vine y agarre a la señora y le quite todo su dinero y salimos corriendo y nos repartimos y yo me sentía con aquella adrenalina.

Después de lo sucedido con la señora me anduve metiendo en peleas con los demás yo lo miraba como un juego hacer todas esas maldades, pero mi mama no se daba cuenta de lo sucedido y de nada de lo que hacia, yo me escapaba del colegio por andar haciendo maldades con mis supuestos amigos.

VICIOS QUE ENTRARON EN MI VIDA: Yo me escapaba con mis amigos y ellos comenzaban a tomar y a fumar cigarrillos y llo solo los miraba y un dia me dijeron jose prueba esto te va a gustar y te ara sentir mejor y olvidaras todos tus problemas y yo les dije que era y ellos me dijeron es marihuana y yo les dije que si y la comencé a probar y después me comencé a sentir muy raro y después de eso no la volví a probar y después probé el alcohol  y los cigarrillos pero gracias a dios mi cuerpo los rechazaba, y después yo les decía a ellos que para que consumían ese tipo de cosas si se miraban como estúpidos y ellos solo se ponían a reir.

Tristeza y sufrimiento de mi mama: Haci paso el tiempo y yo solo pensaba cosas malas y escuchaba rock satánico y músicas con mucha violencia y yo sentía que para mi la vida era basura hasta llegue a maldecir e insultar a dios y lo culpaba de todos mis problemas y pensaba en quitarme la vida pero siempre algo me detenía me ponía tan enojado que ofendía a mi mama y ella se ponía a llorar por que yo la trataba muy mal ella se había

 dado cuenta que andaba en cosas malas porque yo antes no me comportaba aci ella se ponía muy enferma por los problemas, le ocasionaba  muchos problemas ella me decía hijo por favor cambia por favor ve a la iglesia y busca de dios y llo solo me reía y le decía quién es dios para mi dios ni es nada le decía.

Jesús toco mi vida: Yo seguía en las cosas malas pero un dia se acercó una señora y me dijo hijo le puedo hablar un poco sobre Jesús yo ya tenía 17 años y llo le dije si está bien y me comenzó a hablar sobre Jesús sobre el amor que nos tenía a nosotros que dio su vida para salvarnos y llo no savia nada sobre Jesús y cuando termino de leerme la palabra me dijo mañana te invito a la iglesia y si no vas yo te voy a venir a traer y yo le dije que si no tenía nada que hacer.

Y al día siguiente fui a la iglesia para ver de qué se trataba y al entrar wow sentí algo diferente sentí un calor en todo mi cuerpo que me reconfortaba y hacia que olvidara todos mis problemas y en ese instante comencé a cantar y alabar a dios y después de ese día comencé a ir más seguido a la iglesia y dios me iba cambiando mi vida y todo lo malo en mi lo perdono y no tenía muchos problemas como antes.

Creciendo con Jesús: Dios me sano y me cambio ahora soy misionero y doy mi testimonio para la gloria y honra de dios cada día oro por todas las personas maravillosas que e conocido en estos viajes gracias a dios mi mama es saludable y todo está saliendo bien aunque en veces tropiezo y caigo pero dios está ahí y me levanta y me dice animo hijo estoy con tigo mi mano te sostiene, en cada iglesia que voy conozco personas bellas y amables y dios a cambiado sus vidas como a mi gracias a dios y a ustedes por esta oportunidad de estar aquí.  DIOS LOS BENDIGA

POST by JONNY: The Cost of a Kid's Life

Jonny (Center) with his friends, before leaving for Guatemala

Hello my name is JONNY

My story is about a friend who was killed in a very bad way.

My friend's name was Jonny and he was a break dancer like me. One day Jonny told me “hey boy, I’m going to work in Guatemala and there I’ll also be able to dance with some of my new friends.

I said “be careful. Guatemala is a very dangerous country.” He said quietly to me “it’s okay. I have friends in Guatemala who will look after me.” I responded with “okay, very good. Keep safe…” and with that he left.

The year after that I went to a competition in Guatemala and I saw my old friend Jonny. He had a lot of money and so I asked him “What work are you to be earning so much money?” Jonny hushed me and asked that I go with him to a place where nobody could hear us talk. When we arrived in a secluded area he told me “I am hitman.”  

“A hitman? What’s that?” I was confused. He replied “I get paid to kill people.”  I asked Jonny “Why do you do this awful job?” He responded “This is my life here. I never had a father like you. Do not ask me more questions, ok?”

In that moment I decided to return to the dancing competition. Jonny left. He turned around and walked out, not even looking back.  

After the competition, I returned to Nicaragua. Three months later, I was practicing my dancing at our usual spot. A friend of mine came to where I was practicing with my group and told our troupe that Jonny had been killed in Guatemala.

I was upset, “Who killed him?” I asked. My friend explained that MARA had killed Jonny. “Mara” is an organisation, a gang, and they kill for money. My entire dance group felt very bad about Jonny’s murder.

The next day, the body of Jonny was transported from Guatemala to Nicaragua and placed in a morgue.

Jonny’s family went together to the morgue, as they wanted to retrieve the body. The staff explained to Jonny’s family that it would not be possible to even look at the body, let alone take it away. The body was in a terrible state and must be buried in the ground immediately.

The family of Jonny, said “it’s okay to bury him now. But his mother would like to see her son, just one last time.” The doctor responded with “no, it’s just not possible.” The mother insisted, “I want to see my son!” The doctors finally gave in and permitted just the mother to take one last moment with her son.

When finally the mother was with her son she became distraught. Her son had been cut into pieces. His head, legs and arms had all been severed from his body. The doctors were also very upset, as they had really tried to not allow this lady to see her mutilated son’s body.

Without knowing what had happened, I asked my mum what had happened to the body of my friend. She explained that the hands, feet and head of Jonny had been cut off. I then felt really bad about what had happened.

Later, the mother of my friend said to me “He wanted to go to Guatemala, but I said no. It’s a very dangerous country. He didn’t listen to me. Later I learnt that he was killing people for a living. For this reason he was murdered.”

Because he wanted to earn a bit of money, my friend’s life has been destroyed forever.

God bless the people who read this story.

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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. 

Hola mi nombre es JHONNY

Mi historia se trata sobre un amigo el cual fue asesinado de una manera muy mala .

El nombre de mi amigo es JONNY y al y gual que yo tambien break dance .

Y un dia el me dijo JONNY me boy a ir a trabajar a guatemala y hay mismo bailare con unos amigos que tengo a ya . yo le dije ten mucho cuidado que ahy es muy peligroso ese pais y el me dijo tranquilo a mi me cuidaran mis amigos de a ya guatemala y pues yo le dije esta bien que te baya muy bien , y en eso el se fue .

Al siente ano yo fui a una competencia a guatemala y hay estaba el y el estaba con mucho dinero y yo le dije de que trabajas aqui ). y el me llevo a un lugar en donde no nos escuchara nadie y cuando fuimos a el lugar , el me dijo yo soy SICARIO , y yo le dije que es eso . y el me dijo a mi me pagan por matar personas y yo le dije que . porque si eso es malo , y el me respondio eso es mi vida aqui porque yo no tube un padre como vos y ya no me preguntes mas ok .

Y en eso fuimos al evento y el se fue y no lo volvi a mirar y luego yo regrese a nicaragua y despues de 3 meces, un amigo llego a donde yo practicaba y el me dijo mataron a JONNY y yo le dije como si y el me dijo que la(MARA) la mara es una organisacion que matan por dinero ) y yo me sentia muy mal cuando me dijieron eso .

Al dia siguiente trasladaron el cuerpo de Guatemala a NICARAGUA y cuando el cuerpo estaba en medicina legal , la familia de mi agigo yego a pedirlo para ellos enterrarlo y los de MEDICINA LEGAL le dijieron que el cuerpo ya estaba muy mal que tenian que ir a enterrarlo de inmediato cuando lo sacaran , y la familia de mi amigo dejo que si que no era problema y en eso la mama de mi amigo pidie mirar el cuerpo y los doctores le dijieron que no y e ya insistio asta que la dejaron mirara el cuerpo y e ya estaba muy mal al mirar el cuerpo de su hijo en pedasos .

Y despues que paso todo yo le pregunte a la mama de mi agigo que como estaba el cuerpo y ella me dijo que le cortaro la caveza manos y pies . y despues yo me senti muy mal por lo que le paso y la mama de mi amigo me dijo que eso fue lo que busco su hijo al ir a guatemala y que el tambien mataba y que por eso lo mataron .

Por un poco de dinero mi amigo destrullo su vida .

dios bendiga a las personas que lean esta historia y a las que no tambien gracias

POST by STIVEY: Sharing From the Heart

Stivey

Hey! I'm Steven, and I’m going to talk about when I was small.  I was living with my parents and a cousin of mine in the house. I thought that my cousin was a good person so I looked up to him and also my family.   My cousin asked if he could sleep in my room, I told him that I did not mind and in time he continued to visit me and started to touch me.

I was very nervous because I thought my cousin was doing the wrong thing, but my cousin continued touching my body. In time he began to caress my body parts and one day I told my brother and he did not believe me, my family said I was crazy.  

I was very nervous because I thought I should not continue to allow him to do this wrong thing to me. I asked God every day for help and then one day my cousin came into my room, but I told him to get out of my room or else I would call my father and he would send him out of the house.

My cousin started laughing at me and said, “my uncle believes me more me than you!” My cousin continued to enter my room, every night.  

One day my father looked into my room (when I was in bed) and noticed that something was wrong. My dad caught my cousin fondling me and my dad said to me, “I'm so sorry for everything” and he was very sorry. 

I ran from the house where my cousin lived.  I thank God he gave me the strength and helped me get away from the abuse, he only touched my body not my soul.  

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Hola soy Steven voy hablar de mi niñez, cuando yo era pequeño, yo estaba viviendo con mis padres y un primo mío en la casa, mi primo él era muy buena persona, así lo miraba yo y mi familia.  A cabo del tiempo, él se metía en mi cuarto a dormir conmigo, yo no le di importancia y entonces el cada noche el empezó a tocarme y yo estaba muy nervio porque yo decía, que raro es mi primo, porque está haciendo esto,  él no dejaba de tocar mi cuerpo.  Así en peso el tocar mi cuerpo, al cabo del tiempo el empezó a acariciar mis partes del cuerpo.  Un día yo le dije a mis hermanos y ellos no me creían a mi entonces ellos me decían, estás loco Steven como él va hacer algo a así, mis padres también creían lo mismo y no me creían lo que me estaba pasando a mí.  Yo estaba muy nervioso porque pensaba que él podía abusar de mí, yo le pedí a dios cada día que me sacara de esta situación, un día mi primo se metió a mi cuarto y yo le dije que se saliera de mi cuarto o llamo a mis padres para que te corran de la casa, entonces él se puso a reír y dijo” mis tíos me creen más a mí que a ti” entonces mi primo no dejaba de llegar cada noche a mi cuarto.  Un día mi padre llega y lo mira en mi cuarto haciendo algo malo, ahí mi papa le dijo “te vi” entonces mi primo le dice a mi papa lo siento mucho tío por todo lo que hice,  entonces mi papa lo corrió de la casa y  a si el ya no siguió molestándome.  Le doy gracias a dios por eso, dios me ayudo para que el no siguiera abusando de mí solo llego a tocar mi cuerpo no mi alma.

POST by YADER: Testimony

Yader in San Diego

My name is Yader, and this is my story.

When I was 5 months old my parents left me with my grandmother, her name was Carmen. My parents went their own two ways because of an argument. My grandmother raised me.

When I was 5 years old my parents wanted to meet me and tell me that they were my parents. I told them that I understood. They left again and I stayed with my grandmother.

Yader's Gran, Carmen Castillo

My grandmother always looked after me and I thank God because I feel like my grandmother is my mum. I entered preschool when I was 7. I passed into secondary and then dropped out of school.

I went to a band and I have played in that band for 13 years. I feel really happy to have my grandmother who introduced me to my teacher who has taught me a lot. I play the bongos.

In 2011 I had to go to jail because of going to a disco with a few friends and wanting to change an American 100 dollar bill, which they said was fake. The disco folks called the police and I went to jail at 10pm. I called my grandmother and she gathered 80 signatures in support of my innocence. She went to my teacher and the CPC (the Sandanista’s youth department) insisted that I be let go. I am glad to have those people that fought for me so that I could get out of jail.

Now I am sorry for what I did when my grandmother was suffering and I am sorry that I didn’t obey her and didn’t listen to her. I feel grateful for my lovely grandmother who looked after me and raised me and cared for me. I give thanks to God that he gave me such a wonderful grandmother. I learnt a lot from her and I am sorry for everything that I have done, because she was always there for me.

Thank you for reading my story. Now that I have God in my life, I feel bad for all the bad things that I have done in my life and am so thankful for my grandmother and God. My grandmother’s name is Carmen Castillo.

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Yader's Beautiful Cousins (who are like siblings, because their parents also left them with little ol' Gran too)

POST by ELIEZER: Testimony

Eliezer in Sunny San Diego

Hello, my nam is Eliezer. I am going to share with you a little bit about my life.

I grew up in a very small region called Cedro Galan in Managua, Nicaragua. As a child, I had many needs, because we are very poor and things were not so good for my family.

 

When I was about 8 years old I went to work on a small coffee farm. I woke up at 2 am to be able to get there early enough to make money for my grandparents.

My parents left me with my grandparents for half of my life. I couldn’t be with my parents because they didn’t have a good house to live in. My Dad never wanted my family to tell other people, when I was born, that I was his son. I was denied and told that I was not his son. I never experienced true love from a father.

But with luck, my sisters could have that love from my father, the love I always wanted. I have two sisters. The one that is 11 years old is the one that I love the most.

The other one is my age, she is my half sister, she is very selfish and my dad always gives everything to her, but he gives my little sister very little. He never gives me anything. I feel a little better because my sister hopefully won’t have to go through what I went through.

My dad was very bad to my mum, he always mistreated her when they were not together and told my sister and I horrible words about my mama. I always have those bad memories when he would say "your mum is a bitch, I am going to kill her and cut her head off." I felt very bad and my sister did not deserve to hear those words from my dad. Because of the horrible words, I can never forgive him.

Due to the conditions we lived in, it was hard for me to go to school. I had little time for my studies. I started to study very early, but my job made it difficult for me to study. It’s very sad that these things can change a person’s life.

My house was made very poorly. It was made of sheet metal on the sides as walls, and the house was very bad. The wood roof had so many holes that my bed would be wet when it rained. I would sleep in wet my wet bed, and my grandmother always cried because I was so sick. I was always cold.

I always had a childhood with hurt feelings and a broken heart.

I never had a birthday party or Christmas celebrations. But I have hope in God, and since I am with God, my heart feels better and I believe things will go well.

I hope you enjoyed my story, thank you for reading. God bless you today.

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Eliezer in San Diego

Ola mi nombre es Eliezer les vengo con un poco de mi vida
 

Desde muy pequeño crecí en una comarca llamada cedro galán en Managua nicaragua teníamos muchas necesidades porque somos muy pobres las cosa no eran tan buena con my familia alrededor de 8 anos de edad ya me ponía a trabajar en una finca de corta de café recuerdo que me despertaba alas 2 de la mañana para poder llegar temprano para hacer mas dinero para mis abuelos

Mis padres me dejaron la mitad de  mi vida con mis abuelos porque no me podían tener con ellos por falta de una casa para poder vivir bueno mi mama porque mi papan nunca me quiso my familia me cuenta que el cuando yo nací el me negó dijo que yo no era su hijo i nunca e sabido lo que es el verdadero amor de un padre

Pero de suerte que mis hermanas si lo pudieron tener ese amor que yo siempre quise tengo 2 hermanas  una de 11 anos que es lo que mas quiero  loa otra es de mi edad mi media hermana es muy egoísta y mi papa siempre le a dado todo a ella pero ami hermanita le da muy poco y ami nunca me da nada pero me siento un poco bien porque por lo que yo pase mi hermanita tal vez no lo va a pasar

Mi papa era muy malo con mi mama siempre la maltrataba aunque no estaban juntos y a mi y a mi hermanita nos decía unas palabras horribles de mi mama siempre llevare esos malos recuerdos el decía “tu mama es una perra la boy a matar le boy a cortar la cabeza “ i yo me sentía muy mal y mi hermanita no se merecía oír esas palabras tan despiadadas de mi papa contra my mama nunca lo podré perdonar

En el particular estilo de vida pues e tenido muy pocas oportunidades para mis estudios yo comencé muy temprano mis estudios  pero por mi trabajo era muy difícil estudiar para mi es muy triste porque esas cosas te puede cambiar la vida

Mi casa era muy pobre era de laminas de metal a los lados y madera  muy mala el techo tenia tantos agujeros que mi cama seme mojaba cuando llovía era horrible yo me dormía mojado y mi abuela siempre lloraba por que yo siempre me enfermaba era muy frío nunca pude tener una infancia siempre fue dolor por todos mis sentimientos

En mis cumple anos nunca tuve alegría  ni en navidad ni en ninguna época de el ano pero siempre queda una esperanza que es dios desde que estoy con dios en mi corazón me ciento mejor y las cosas siempre salen bien espero que les higa gustado mi historia muchas gracias por leer  que dios los bendiga.

POST by JONNY: Testimony

Hello, my name is Jonny. I am writing to tell you about my life.



Jonny

When I was very little, 7 years old, I had to work in order to eat and buy clothes. I helped my parents to keep fighting for our lives, because my family is poor.

For many years, whilst working my job, I got up at 4am with 2 buckets and walked 2 miles in order to retrieve water. The buckets were very heavy for me because I was so small. But nevertheless, to help my parents, and in order to continue going to school, I kept working.

One day I realised I had a hernia, which was harsh for me, but I asked God to help me to keep going and to be a good person. One of the saddest things was that I lived where my grandmother lived and she made us move out at midnight, in the rain.

We got a little house, but we couldn’t all fit in it. As time passed, we could keep moving forward.

Even though I was really small I suffered a lot because my toys were my tools for work. They were very heavy. I thank God for everything, for everything he does for me and the World.

The most beautiful thing was to be with my family, even though we didn’t have anything to eat. God always filled us up with his Word. One of the saddest things, was to see my Dad drink alcohol for one month. He would do this about 5 times per year.

My Dad would treat my mother badly. I was very small and had to live through that, but I thank God because my Dad asked God to help him with this problem. God is so great, he made my Dad stop doing the bad things that he was doing.

Today my Dad is a very healthy person, and so is my mother. Today I am walking with God and the sweetest thing is that God can change everything. God bless everybody!

Jonny, Lorenzy & Franceca in San Francisco

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Hola mi nombre es JONNY es contare acerca de mi vida pasada bueno cuando era muy pequeño como de 7 anos tenia que trabajar para poder comer i vestirme y ayudar a mis padres a seguir luchando ya que mi familia es de bajos recurso económico y fueron muchos anos los que pase trabajando i mi trabajo era levantarme alas 4 de la mañana con 2 cubetas e ir a caminar como 2 km para poder ir a traer agua y eso era mucho peso para a mi por que mi edad era muy pequeña para poder hacer lo que Asia pero sin embargo lo Asia para poder ayudar a mis padres y poder ir al colegio y transe el transcurso de el tiempo medio hernia y tuve muy grabe , pero le pedí a dios que me ayudara para poder seguir adelante y poder ser una buena persona y unas de las cosas mas triste es que vivía en donde mi abuela y ella nos corría a media noche y debajo de la lluvia a mi y hermanos ya que en mi casa en donde vivíamos era muy pequeña i no cabíamos mis hermano y padres , pero con el tiempo pudimos seguir adelante mis hermanos y yo aunque yo era muy pequeño pero sufría mucho porque mis juguetes eran herramientas de trabajo muy pesadas y doy gracias a dios por todo y por todas las cosas que ase por mi y el mundo y lo mas lindo era poder estar a lado de mi familia aunque no teníamos que comer pero siempre dios nos llena con su palabra . Y unas de las cosas mas triste era ver a mi padre tomando alcohol por 1 mes casi en el ano como 5 beses y los maltratos que el le Asia a mi madre y yo muy pequeño tenia que vivir eso pero doy gracias a dios que el pidió a dios que lo alejara de ese Visio y dios es grande el lo saco de todo mal i hoy en día es una persona sana y mi madre tan bien .. hoy en día estoy en el camino de dios y eso es lo mas lindo el cavia todas las cosas .

POST by RENE: Testimony

This is the small story of my life, starting when I was a baby.

When I was two years old I was given away like a dog to a family that was very humble, but poor. Why? My parents were drug addicts and they only liked money for drugs. Since I couldn’t take care of myself and give myself love, my parents – instead of giving love to me, gave their love to drugs.

Since I was so small, I was happy with my adopted family. I didn’t know who my real family was, but I was happy – I didn’t care. I only wanted to play, eat and when I looked at them, they had a smile that was really pretty. It was like a light from the sky. They were such a nice couple, and made my life happy. They gave me love and I passed pre-school in a very humble school and I liked it very much. I don’t know why, but I liked it.

When I turned 10 my adoptive parents told me the truth, that they weren’t my parents of blood and so I said to them “who are you?” They explained everything to me. I went running from my house, not knowing where to go. I asked myself “Where are my parents?” I was on the streets for 10 days. I slept on cardboard and the rain fell on me. I stole fruit to eat.

I slept near a casino that was close to house my house and it was like a nightclub. There were prostitutes and they would pass by looking at me weirdly. They asked me where I was from, but I didn’t tell them anything. My parents were really worried and wanted to find me. They would cry and cry. They would pray a lot so that I would go back home.

One day a prostitute came to me and gave me a plate of food and 20 cordobas and said to me “I miss my son.” I asked her “Why?” She replied “Because I gave him away.” It made me think and I started to cry. I hugged the prostitute tight in that momento. And then she told me that her son was 13 years old when she gave him away. My dream of finding my parents faded. The prostitute hugged me and told me to go home because my parents were waiting for me. My heart felt lighter.

I ran home. I knocked on the door and my Dad cameo out. They held me very tightly and my heart spoke to me and said “do not keep looking. Your parents are very close to you even though you don’t know it.” Even though they were not my blood-related parents, they gave me a home and love, and were very nice to me. Even they are poor, they have BIG hearts of lions. With God next to you, the Nicaraguans say “Money doesn’t matter, and fame doesn’t matter. The only thing that is important is to have God in your heart.”

This story will be continued…

Rene Teaching Billy How to Ride a Pony

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POST by STIVEN: Testimony

Stivey Teaching Kids at Capital Edge Community School

Hello my name is Steven. I have had a hard childhood, because my cousins were mean to my parents. My cousins did everything posible to get my family out of their house. My cousins would throw buckets of urine and pooh on my families’ beds. It was a very sad time for my parents, because they did not have money to buy a house. This was how my family lived until I was 12 years old.

My grandmother helped my family buy land, but my parents had to find the money to build a house. But my parents were poor and needed a large loan from the bank to buy all of the materials needed to build a house.

My mum had to sell her little store, which was located at Managua’s busy and dangerous Oriental Mercado and my mum helped our family by providing food out of the sale of her business, because my Dad couldn’t find a job. So I helped my mum by selling sweet cream and  water in the streets of the market.

At 12 years old I looked for a job, but wasn’t able to find one, because I was too young. In Nicaragua they don’t let you have a job if you are too young. That is how I helped my mum. My other brothers, except for one, did not live with me and my parents. We were young but did everything posible to help my parents. My parents are old, but thank God they took us to Church. God helped us in moving forward.

I have tried drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. I am now quitting smoking. I didn’t like any of those things. All thanks to God. My childhood was very sad. Nobody helped me except for God. We are happy  because of God’s help.

Stivey in his New Barrio, with His Friends

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Hola mi nombre es Steven y es un poco fuerte mi infancia por que donde vivía era donde mis primas y ellas eran muy malas con mis padres porque ellas asin todo lo posible para corrernos ami padres y hermanos entonces ellas aventaban valdes de orines y esgremento en el lugar donde estábamos y eso era muy triste porque mis padres no tenia dinero para comprar una casa y  asi pase a los 12 anos anos de edad entonces mi abuela le ayudo a mis padres para comprar un terrenos de la casa  pero mis padres tenia que comprar materiales de construcción pero mis padres eran Pores entonces mi papa tubo que prestar mucho dinero en el banco para comprar los materiales y mi madre tubo que vender un tramo que tenia el mercado ese tramo mi mama nos ayudaba para comer porque mi papa no encontraba trabajo y yo estaba muy triste y yo a la edad de 12 anos buscaba trabajo pero no me daban trabajo porque era menor de edad y en Nicaragua no le dan trabajo a los menores de edad y yo le ayudaba a mi mama por que yo vendia atolia y agua en las calles del mercado asi le ayudaba a mi mama porque mis hermanos no vivian con mis padres solo yo y mi hermano que estábamos pequenos pero asiamo lo posible para ayudar a mis padres porque mis padres eran muy viejos pero de todo le doy gracias a dios porque mis padres y vamos a la iglesia poreso dios nos ayudo a salir adelante he probado las drogas el licor y cigarro pero ningunos de esos visios me gusto poreso le doy gracias a dios poreso mi infancia es muy triste porque no tenia la ayuda de nadie solo de dios y le doy gracias dios por todo y actualmente mi familia es feliz porque tenemos la ayuda de dios.

POST by BEYCKER: Testimony

Beycker, Teaching at Capital on the Edge

My name is Beycker Manuel. I am 20 years old. When I was younger, as a child, my life was very difficult. My parents divorced because my dad treated us very badly. My father assaulted my mum and left my family for another woman. He left my family all alone.

I got a job and worked during the days in one week and then alternated to the evenings for the next week. I could not study and with the money I earned we were able to buy food for the family. I helped her mom and my brothers. I worked for my family and for me it was very difficult because I could not go to school, but God was always with me and he blessed me a lot.

Thank God he gave me a talent, “tricking.” I thank God for this sport, for through it I was able to meet some people who are Christians from Australia. Their names are Jed and Elizabeth. They are people God has put into my life to bless me and I thank them known for offering me opportunities and many experiences. We have been able to travel to many different countries.

 

Flying to Miami



I thank God for Elizabeth and Jed. They have helped me with my life. With them I was able to fly and it was exciting flying for the first time.

When I was 13 I drove a car and smashed into a bridge. I was meant to be going shopping. The car hit the side of the bridge and rolled over. Thankfully I didn’t die, because many people have died on that bridge.

Well my dad, he is with another woman. They have lived together for 12 years. I have a half-brother with my father’s other wife.

My full sister is 23 years old and she has a baby. It is very difficult for her because her husband left her alone and went to another country. My sister has had a very difficult time, trying to both work and raise the baby. When I was working I helped my sister by buying milk.

Beycker with His Little Nephew

I have 4 siblings, there are 5 including me. I thank God that he always takes care of me. I love God, he blesses me.

My problem now is I have a twisted tendon in my left leg. I was tricking and had an accident. I made a turn in the air and fell badly. I have had 5 months of problems with my right leg. My heel is also sore and I can hardly do my tricks. However, I pray a lot to God to remove these pains that I have in my body and I know God is going to heal me.

Beycker, in PAIN...

Mi nombre es beycker manuel mi nombre es beycker manuel. tengo 20 año cuando yo era  pequeño en mi niñees fue muy difícil para mi mis padres se separaron por que mi papa nos daba mala vida el agredía a mi mama  y nos trataba mal muy mal y cuando mi papa se fue de la casa se fue con otra mujer y nos dejo solo a mi y mis  hermanos y  entonces yo comencé a trabajar en una empresa trabajaba una semana de noche y una semana de día y no podía estudiar y con el dinero que ganaba  so lo ajustaba para la comida de la casa yo le ayudaba  amia mama  y a mis hermanos  yo trabajaba por mi familia  y para mí era muy difícil por que no podía ir  a la escuela  pero dios siempre estuvo con migo el me a bendecido mucho gracias a dios que me dio un gran talento que es el tricking gracias amia deporte y a dios yo pude conocer  a unas personas australiana  que son cristianos  gracias a dios y a las personas australianas  que son jed y elizabeth están personas dios me las puso en mi vida para bendición a mi gracias a ellos yo e conocido o tras países  y e tenido muchas oportunidades  e tenido muchas experiencia en mi vida   y le doy gracias a dios  y a jed y elizabeth  por que ellos me un a y u dado en mi vida  para mi fue muy emocionante viajar en avión por primera ves  en mi vida cuando yo tenia 13 años yo conduciendo un carro hacia un puente yo andaba de compra pero accidentalmente   choque en el lado del puente  y di muchas vueltas  y muchas personas que han tenido  choques en el puente que yo choque   han  muertos muchas personas pero gracias a dios a mi no me paso nada dios me cuido me protegió bueno mi papa el esta con otra mujer  el tiene 12 años de vivir con ella el tiene otro hijo de 13 años  mi hermana mayor de parte de mi  mama y de mi papa  mi hermana tiene 23 años ella ya es mama  tiene un bebe  y para ella es muy difícil  su vida por que su esposo la dejo  sola se fue a otro país y para mi hermana a sido muy difícil trabajar y criar al bebe  yo cuando trabajaba  yo le a y u daba a mi hermana para la leche del bebe  yo tengo 4 hermanos y con migo somos 5 de  hermanos pero le doy gracias a dios  el me cuida y siempre me bendice  amo a dios pero mi problema en este momento  es en mi pierna izquierda tengo un tendón torcido  golpiado por que hice un giro en el aire  y caí muy mal tengo como 5 meces de tener este problema en mi pierna  y también en mi pierna derecha el mi talón esta golpeado y me cuesta mucho hacer mis trucos pero le pido mucho a dios para que me quite estos dolores que tengo en mi cuerpo y yo se que dios me va a curar