Cesar

I want to share a miracle with you. Some of you know Cesar’s story and faithfully joined us in praying! Praise Jesus that Cesar is mostly healed and on his way to a full recovery!

Cesar is 22 and began serving with us full time in August. The first time I met Cesar was on a prayer walk for Alcance Urbano. I could he has a heart sensible to the Spirit. A week later he went to Los Galpones for the first time where he fell in love with the kids. From there on out he was hooked!

October 13, 2012, while serving in Los Galpones, Cesar made a quick trip back to Germán and Karina’s house. On the way back he had a terrible motorcycle accident that lead to a fractured skull and a comma. Several of the volunteers rushed back and some of us stayed behind with the kids and to serve lunch. We gathered the kids and began praying. One of the moms, Marcella, kept saying, “we have to pray!” She kept telling the kids to pray for Cesar when they go to bed that night.

Marcella was absolutely right! We did need to pray for Cesar! So I asked her,”Marcella do you want to pray for Cesar now?” She told me that she didn’t know how to pray. I told her it was simply a conversation with God; a conversation just like we where having that very moment. So I sat with Marcella as she prayed her first prayer asking God to heal Cesar.  (It was incredible what God was already doing through Cesar’s accident.)

I remember praying as we walked back to the house. When we arrived, Karina rushed off to the hospital to be with Cesar’s family and Alex and I stayed with Fiore and Giuli.

When I arrived at the hospital everyone was gathered, praying, waiting, and trying not to let the situation become too tense. We gathered in prayer praising God for healing Cesar and putting our trust in God’s plan; thanking Him for the miracle we couldn’t help but trust He was going to preform.

The first few days, the volunteers took turns being at the hospital so the family would not be left along. We continued crying out to God holding on to the promises He showed us. I was drawn to John 11, the death of Lazarus. Verse 33-37 caught my attention:

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had com along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.”Where have you laid him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord” They replied. Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

I know that Jesus loves Cesar. I know He cares about Cesar. I know that He was troubled by the accident.

What I realized, is that it was our job to cry out to God. To ask him, as our best friend, for His help. I realized that in this passage when the people cried out for Jesus to help them, He was moved by the death and wanted to help more so than if they just assumed Jesus was going to help. It completely changed my perspective on how God might answer us. I thought about it from a worldly perspective. If a friend needed my help and never asked me for help but just assumed I would help them, I probably would not be as inclined to help because I’m not emotionally connected and because they never asked me for help. When my friends come to me and ask me for help, I do everything I can to help them! Of course I’m not limiting God to only answering a miracle in this way. I know that He is God and truly cares about all of us, those that love Him and those that hate Him. But my eyes were completely opened to a different perspective and understanding of Jesus as my best friend.

Ok so here come the answers to prayers!

• 2 days after the accident, Cesar’s brother accepted Jesus as his personal savior. His brother told us the day of the accident that he doesn’t believe in miracles.WOW!
• 3 days the family trusts and welcomes us. This is an open door to talk with them and show the love of Jesus. (they are not believers.)
• 7 days after Cesar’s accident he began moving his legs and arms.
• 14 days Cesar woke up for the first time
• 17 days Cesar is fully awake – (we went to visit him!)
• 18 days the doctors show Cesar’s mom the x-rays and his progress telling her this is a miracle because the x-rays and his progress do not match up!
• 3 weeks after the accident Cesar is home!

Praise Jesus! He is home and healing more every day. We give God ALL the glory and praise! I’m still in awe of what Jesus did for Cesar and how he will be used.

We love you Jesus! You are awesome!!!