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Greetings from the Micah Project. On behalf of all of the staff and young men of the project, we want to thank you so much for your willingness to come along aside us to pray for Erick. As we get ready to enter into another day of prayer and fasting for him, we wanted to give you a quick update in order to help guide your prayers.
Erick has been at his home in Villa Linda Miller this week. Unfortunately, since he is large for a fifteen year old, his mom has very little control over him. He has almost no control over his addictions, and when his body tells him that he needs to get high, he leaves his home to go look for drugs or alcohol. This week, he was high or drunk at least every other day. When we talk to him, he will sometimes express a desire to change, but what more obviously comes through is his total loss of control over his addiction. It reminds me of what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 7: 19: “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.” I think Paul understood addiction and sin pretty well!
Erick’s addiction is as much a spiritual condition as a physical one. As you pray for him this week, pray that Erick would get a glimpse of his Heavenly Father’s love for him. Pray that he would have a renewed desire for freedom from these chains; that he would cry out to God (in the words of Psalm 71): Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.. And pray that God would win this victory in Erick’s life; that Satan’s hold on him would be destroyed and that he can begin the positive steps towards recovery. We have invited Erick and his mom to come pray with us on Tuesday; pray that they show up!
While you are praying for Erick, we would like to add one more name for you to pray for: Darwin Matute. Darwin lived on the streets for about eight years, inhaling yellow glue almost daily during that time.. He joined Micah in 2002 not being able to read, write or even hold a fork. His older brother Jarvin is one of the original members of the Micah project and would often look for Darwin on the streets and try to get him to join Micah.
Darwin began to lose control over his addiction last year about the same time Erick did, after being clean for several years He went through a rehab program with Erick and was attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings. One evening about a month ago Darwin ran away from the house and went to where Erick is living. He bought drugs and took them to Erick. We were able to intervene and check Darwin into a program called Teen Challenge. He had been living there for two weeks when, yesterday, he ran away. Darwin needs the same prayers as Erick for healing and freedom from these physical and spiritual chains. At age twenty-one, Darwin is quickly running out of time to receive support before he has to deal with these things on his own.
During these difficult circumstances, we have been so impressed and overjoyed by how many people responded to our request for prayer. I feel so blessed to know we have an army of prayer warriors and I just can’t thank you all enough. Though this is a battle that will not be won in a day, we know that God will answer our prayers in His time.
Again, thank you all for your willingness to step up and join us in praying for Erick, and now Darwin. I know God will do mighty things!
Sincerely,
Jessica Busse and the Micah staff
Erick has been at his home in Villa Linda Miller this week. Unfortunately, since he is large for a fifteen year old, his mom has very little control over him. He has almost no control over his addictions, and when his body tells him that he needs to get high, he leaves his home to go look for drugs or alcohol. This week, he was high or drunk at least every other day. When we talk to him, he will sometimes express a desire to change, but what more obviously comes through is his total loss of control over his addiction. It reminds me of what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 7: 19: “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.” I think Paul understood addiction and sin pretty well!
Erick’s addiction is as much a spiritual condition as a physical one. As you pray for him this week, pray that Erick would get a glimpse of his Heavenly Father’s love for him. Pray that he would have a renewed desire for freedom from these chains; that he would cry out to God (in the words of Psalm 71): Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.. And pray that God would win this victory in Erick’s life; that Satan’s hold on him would be destroyed and that he can begin the positive steps towards recovery. We have invited Erick and his mom to come pray with us on Tuesday; pray that they show up!
While you are praying for Erick, we would like to add one more name for you to pray for: Darwin Matute. Darwin lived on the streets for about eight years, inhaling yellow glue almost daily during that time.. He joined Micah in 2002 not being able to read, write or even hold a fork. His older brother Jarvin is one of the original members of the Micah project and would often look for Darwin on the streets and try to get him to join Micah.
Darwin began to lose control over his addiction last year about the same time Erick did, after being clean for several years He went through a rehab program with Erick and was attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings. One evening about a month ago Darwin ran away from the house and went to where Erick is living. He bought drugs and took them to Erick. We were able to intervene and check Darwin into a program called Teen Challenge. He had been living there for two weeks when, yesterday, he ran away. Darwin needs the same prayers as Erick for healing and freedom from these physical and spiritual chains. At age twenty-one, Darwin is quickly running out of time to receive support before he has to deal with these things on his own.
During these difficult circumstances, we have been so impressed and overjoyed by how many people responded to our request for prayer. I feel so blessed to know we have an army of prayer warriors and I just can’t thank you all enough. Though this is a battle that will not be won in a day, we know that God will answer our prayers in His time.
Again, thank you all for your willingness to step up and join us in praying for Erick, and now Darwin. I know God will do mighty things!
Sincerely,
Jessica Busse and the Micah staff
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