He Walked!

YWAM Woodcrest - DTS News: "Yesterday I saw little Matheus walk for the first time. I mentioned in an earlier message how he is four years old--but he's far behind in development after being held in the hospital during his mother's long battle with AIDS. He'd been left alone in his hospital bed so long, he couldn't walk or speak. So you can imagine why I was scrambling to try to capture the moment on film as Matheus took his first unaided steps. Sometimes 'the lame walk' without God bending the laws of His creation. Instead, it was the result of the faithful care and encouragement he has received since arriving here at Casa Refugio (the YWAM shelter for kids with HIV/AIDS).

I also told you about Robson, the 'chief illustrator' for the cartoon we've been working on with the children (he finished the last of the 40 drawings today!). When he arrived here he was already drawing--but the images were of battles and gore. One of the young women told me how he gave her drawings with super heroes cutting each other to shreds--but the notes below always read, 'love, Robson.' How different that is from his new drawings of the King (representing God the Father) and his son (Jesus) in the cartoon. Again, this transformation didn't happen instantly. The love he's receiving here is changing him into an amazing young man of God. It began long before we arrived.

Many would call this another wonderful 'everyday miracle.' But I believe this is what God intends to be 'normal.' It's not normal for our sins (or other's sins against us) to go untreated. Like Matheus, may we be rescued from the sick beds that entrap us. May we stand to walk closely with the Lord.

-Jeff & fam (& DTS)"