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Straight from El Salvador, courtesy of Whittaker Woman.
Meet Maricella. She was in a gang, XVIII, the 18th Street Gang.
Our translator was asking her questions about her life: who she lives with, her children, how Compassion has changed their family. With each answer she had a modest smile and giggle. She was nervous. Then the translator asked about the elephant that was in the room. Her tattoo.
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November 12th, 2009 at 2:04 am
I will pray for this family. It is so true that when a child gets sponsored, it isn’t just the child that is effected, the whole family gets affected. I’ve heard it said that on average, every sponsored child gives the Church an average impact of about 70 people.
Kees
November 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
WOW!! That must have been an intense, but special, moment.