Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two-part column. The first part was published on Oct. 27.
This week my journey takes me to the ending of the story Mark George shared in last week’s column about Casa Bethesda in Piedras Negras, Mexico.
“God’s Spirit continued to move in the heart of Paulino Esquival," George said. "There was another visitor, but this one was different — Paulino had never met this elderly woman or seen her before. She began to tell Paulino about her love for her son and how she had cared for him all his life. She told him of her illness and that she did not have long to live. In his heart, Paulino knew God was calling him to care for those who cannot care for themselves even though he had no resources to assume such a responsibility. But there was a difference in this case because the lady never asked him to care for her son. Instead she told him a story: ‘After I prayed for protection for my child, a man sent from God came to me and said, ‘Go ask Paulino and he will care for your child.’ She did not know this man’s name and never saw him again; but believed he was God's messenger.
