"Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me" (Psalm 55:5)
I went to see my husband today. Oh! I was able to hold him and be next to him for a while. It was a bitter-sweet moment. I had a bunch of money with me that is why I was able to see him. They told him he could get a really comfortable room if he paid a big amount of cash. Well, he gave them the money and he got a room...
I am totally at loss of words to explain the magnitude of this corruption, words elude me, my mind feels numbed, my strength fails me...Being inside the jail today overwhelmed me. In my whole entire life I had never had the need to deal with this overwhelming world of corruption and deceit. God in His sovereignty has allowed my husband to be in this place, oh! How He must love all those wretched, desperate and needy souls that He has allowed His servant to go there to share His amazing love with them! Oh, that He would strengthen and inpower my husband and give him the ability to carry out His saving plan!
This room my husband is so blessed to have tonight, (he was able to call me this evening), doesn't even have a bed. It is totally and absolutely bare, but it does have a bathroom for which my husband was rejoicing. He was able to take a shower! I was so sad, I told him, that he would have to sleep on the bare concrete floor...he laughed a laugh of relief and told me what a blessing it was just to be alone there, and he said that after sleeping in a concrete slab for 8 days, the floor there sounded inviting...
He was staying in a cell that has 21 concrete slabs and there were 45 of them there. He was given the privilege to have one of the 'beds' and it was the farthest from the bathroom. People were making noise way after midnight, smoking all the time, even pot for which they were getting beaten when they were caught, but went on on doing it anyway. He was getting up at 4AM to have a moment by himself and with the Lord every morning, he told me.
Okay, now I have to find a way to get him a mattress, some sheets, a pillow and a few other things. I am truly dreading to have to deal with those people again, you know, the ones in charge... But after reading what Brenda Ray is praying for, I thought that perhaps I will be able to do that and more...This is her prayer: 'for God to cause the communications to be so powerful and effective--even beyond my limitations and weaknesses--that I will have determinations with humility (I specially like this), love and courage to do just the things He puts on my heart' THANK YOU, BRENDA, and all of you that are praying!
A few of the staff there in jail told me how my husband is always surrounded with people, 'he is always telling them about God' one said, 'and they like to hear him.' Yes, my husband wants me to bring a whole case of Bibles inside. I will have to bring them one or two at the time. He requested a case of reading glasses the other day. Yesterday he gave me a list of different color nylon thread and beads some of the inmates use to make bracelets. Yes, it is kind of funny. Roshon was telling me how we'll go bankrupt having him there.
PLEASE pray God will use Lic. Roberto Zamora, he is the new lawyer I met with today. He is very knowledgeable and seems nice, but then again, I dare not to trust in flesh...
For all of you that gracefully offered to contribute financially I would ask you to get in touch with my sister Delia in California for details. (714) 593-5999 cell (714) 514-1444.
May the Lord bless you all.
Ana & Roshon
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