Amazonian Wednesdays 🌴
July 2023
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“What does it matter to you?? Stay out of my life!”
With these words, Sandra’s fifteen-year-old son Tiago slammed his door. He was seething with anger. His fury constantly simmered just under the surface. The smallest things quickly caused it to boil over in hateful words.
Tiago felt justified in his treatment of his mother. Sandra had abandoned the family three years prior. She had left her husband and four children for another man. When the pandemic hit, she was far, far away. Tiago burned with rage that his mother had left them in the very worst of times to fend for themselves.
Tiago’s father, Eduardo, had clung to Jesus through this trial. He had prayed his wife back home and forgiven her. However, Tiago was far from ready to do so. Deep in his soul, he felt that his mother’s betrayal was unforgivable. He had made an inner vow to never love her again. He refused to even acknowledge her as his mother. He would only care for his father from then on, he promised himself. After all, his dad was the one that took care of them during those two painful years… alone.
But God! Tiago had nothing to do during summer vacation. So he decided to go to our youth camp. When he did, Continue reading A Family Healed after Infidelity
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