An Afternoon With Magaly 

Posted on by Jennifer Arimborgo
Magaly helps prepare lunch at the Missions School


Written March 2004
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We bring you an exclusive interview with Magaly Del Aguila, one of our missions school students who is planning on finishing her three year course of studies this year. 

JA: Good afternoon, Magaly! I want to thank you for being willing to share your experiences with our friends. First of all, I want to ask you how you decided to study at the Missions School, leaving your comfortable life in the city to move out to a jungle environment? 

MDA: When Apostle Jose gave the invitation at church for whoever was interested, I was just a year old in the Lord, and at first I didn’t pay much attention. But then I started wondering, “What will become of my life?” Then I felt something speaking very clearly inside of me that said, “Go to the Missions School!” My parents weren’t in agreement, but I convinced them that this was God’s will for me. 

JA: How old were you when you began your studies at the missions school? 

MDA: Twenty. And I’ll be twenty-two the fifteenth of this month. 

JA: What are some of the lessons you have learned so far during your time at the missions school? 

MDA: First of all, to depend on God. I had never left home before, and at the school my mom isn’t there to look after me. Also, I learned the price that one has to pay to be obedient to God. 

JA: What price have you had to pay? 

MDA: Every morning at the school, we get up at 5:00 a.m. to pray. We have to walk twenty minutes to get to the chapel from our dorm. We help upkeep the grounds, learning to love the school property because it belongs to God. We also take turns at kitchen duty, and grin and bear it if someone teases us about our cooking! 

JA: I understand that you paid a heavy price for your obedience in the area of your health. You were ill with malaria twice recently; is that correct? 

MDA: Yes. The first time I was housebound for six months, and the second time for a month. But in the end I was strengthened through these trials. I was given a book about healing, and through the ordeal I learned to believe in the Lord’s promises. 

JA: What are some of your dreams for the future? 

MDA: I see the vast financial needs related to God’s kingdom work here in my country. I would like to travel both through the jungle and to other countries, starting businesses that would finance the work of church planters in each place God sends me. Please pray for me!