This has been an intense and busy time here at Micah! Michael is in the States, reconnecting with friends and project supporters. He has been able to spend time with Oscar Amaya and Olvin Funez, which has been a real blessing to him! John and Rebecca Bell celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Monday; Becca flew back from the project's board meeting in Houston in order to celebrate!
We have been rolling through our school vacation here and the guys are getting excited about Christmas! A couple of our young men have been facing spiritual attack in the last couple of weeks. Please join us this week in praying for:
*Marvin
Marvincito ("Little Marvin") has made tremendous progress since leaving the streets for the Micah House in 2007. He has impressed us with his intelligence as he rapidly progressed from street child to successful sixth grade graduate. Additionally, we have enjoyed his smile and his desire to laugh and enjoy life. However, he is still in recovery from his glue addiction and still shows after-effects from life on the streets. Recently, he had a meltdown and we had to remove him from the Micah house for a few days. Pray:
- That Marvin's healing process continues when he returns to the house this week. Pray that he can overcome the scars of street life and reach a place of wholeness.
*Axel
Axel entered Micah over a weekend in late September 2008, and simply settled right into our lives. He struck us all as a very relaxed, funny young man, but who had led a troubled life. Over the course of the past year, the stain of the evil that Axel witnessed and experienced on the streets has troubled him. He has also hit adolescence at full speed and has "normal" teenage issues of rebellion and anger in addition to the deeper pain that he carried from his past. However, he has been maturing and leaving these things behind him.
This week, Axel has been on a home visit, staying with his mom in the market district of Tegucigalpa. We talked to his mom a couple of days ago, and she fears that he has reconnected with some of the kids from his street days and has been running with them the last few days. We have not been able to talk to him about this yet to verify what is actually going on.
Please pray:
-That the Lord would protect Axel during his home visit, and if he is running with his old friends, that he would make good decisions and avoid temptation.
- For the Lord to heal him. Axel has walked some incredibly dark paths - few by his own choice. Please pray that the Lord would continue to transform his troubled heart.
*For us
Pray for our staff, that we can continue to model hope for our young men even when darkness threatens to overwhelm them. God has been so faithful to them over the last ten years of ministry; pray that He strengthens us as we enter into the next ten years!
*For the stability of the guys
Many of our young men are doing home visits to extended family during the Christmas season. That can be a blessing, but it can also expose them to some of the things that put them on the streets in the first place. Please pray that they are able to stand strong and be a light to their families!
*For the Wiggs Family
They are still in a transitional period after arriving in Honduras less than a month ago. Please keep the entire Wiggs family in your prayers as they fight through culture shock and work on their Spanish skills.
*And, the things that keep us from despairing: PRAISE!!!
- Roger's return to work. Micah staffer Roger Figueroa had taken a month away from work in order to deal with medical issues. Although he didn't receive a definite diagnoses, he is still back with us once again and is feeling fine! We are so grateful for him and his help!!
- Juan Carlos/Laje. We met this young man over a year ago after he robbed the Micah house (see:http://micahcentral.blogspot.com/2008/05/break-in-and-broken-heart.html for the original post). Now, he is regularly mentored by John Bell and Brain Wiggs and is pressing ahead into a different life. He has had his struggles, but he is growing and we are amazed to see the changes in his life - in fact, he just spent three days helping paint the Wiggs's house!
- Nelson. One of our newest young men and Wilmer's younger brother, Nelson is a quiet, witty, and loving young man. We are so grateful for the joy that he brings us and I'm looking forward to reading the best-selling memoir that I'm certain he will pen someday (he's just the type that would...)!
- Safe travels for the Bells and Jenna. These three took some of our guys to visit their families in the countryside. After an overnight stay away from the city, they safely returned home. We're more than just a little happy that they're fine!
- A God who will win the battle. In the end, He wins, Satan loses. Not much else to say.
We serve a powerful, loving God, and we press on in the fight. He is mighty to save, and has already redeemed many young men through Micah. Because He is faithful, we are confident that our Lord will bear us up and keep on working through us in the lives of our young men. Therefore, let us join together in prayer before this amazing God and take this battle for the futures of the Micah guys to our foe.
Sincerely,
David Hawthorne
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