Invisible Intervention Stops a Suicide

Amazonian Wednesdays 🌴

December 2018
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The other day, I was talking with Edinson, one of the students about to graduate from our Missions School. The story he was telling me was extraordinary.

One night three years ago, he was about to end his life. He had just watched his father cruelly assault his mother. The violence was increasingly terrifying, to the point that he was afraid his dad would kill his mom. He couldn’t take any more. He wildly jumped in, trying to defend her. His father brutally knocked him down too, off of the porch onto the ground below. He nearly lost consciousness.

Emotional pain washed over his whole being in those moments. Rage and despair wrapped around his soul, crushing it. A longing to die began to overwhelm him. Then Edinson noticed a machete stuck into the soil next to him. He grabbed it and maniacally positioned it over his heart. Preparing to thrust himself through, he squeezed his eyes shut…

Suddenly, he felt a hand knock the machete out of his grasp. Startled, he whipped his head around, staring into the darkness. There was no one in sight. His eyes got even wider as he realized… an angel had just saved his life.

A few months later, our crew was visiting his little jungle village. When Edinson learned that Pastor Israel was recruiting new students for our Missions School… he eagerly got on the boat and followed his new pastor to Iquitos!

Today, he is an absolutely transformed young man. Jesus has set him wonderfully free. He’s finishing our program and wants to plant a church in his village!