From Brooklyn Winn
Teaching in Argentina
We taught a
homeless man this week. He has had a rough life and he really wants to change
his situation. He baths in the ocean and
washes his clothes in the ocean. He lives
in a shack. We taught him how to pray and testified that God lives and that He
answers prayers. We then took the next
step and invited him to church. He looked
down at his clothes and said, “I cannot go to church looking like this.” The clothes that he was wearing that day were
the only clothes he owned and he was so worried about wearing those clothes in
the house of God. I helped his fear and told
him God does not care what he is wearing, but God does care if he is in the Church
Sunday.
After the
lesson my heart was touched by this man who did not own much, but still wanted
to wear his best on Sundays. It made me
look on my past life on those Sundays when I did not know what to wear, but I
opened my closet full of clothes and still I could not choose. Here this man
has nothing and still he wants to wear his best. The people who really teach me are the people who
really are humble. We prayed with him and he said nights he is afraid of the
cold. I told him to pray. I think it finally clicked in his head that the power
of prayer exists. I learned two things from this experience. First, if you think you have it bad there is someone
else who might have it a little worse. Second, the power of prayer exists. God answers our
prayers.
