I sat across from Liliana this morning listening to her heart  as she talked to me about Fernanda.  She said, I often go looking for her at her house so we can spend time together, but she is never there!  I have to go on the streets of her neighborhood to find her.”  Last time she was gone three nights, before she finally appeared.   The sad part of this is that no one looks for her.  If she came home good, if she didn’t come home, no one would even notice.

Fernanda has a mother and a father at home, but she is so overwhelming that people don’t want her around.  At school she was expeled.  When she comes to the kid’s club, they sometimes have to ask her to not come a time or two just to be able to have some control… Yes, you read it correctly, I said at the kid’s club.  Fernanda is 6 years old.

There  are only two girl’s that can make her mind them.  Those two girls  are Liliana’s daughters.  Fernanda would sit on one of their laps for maybe 10 minutes max  before she would go get into trouble again.

I hear Liliana’s frustration and at the same time her love for Fernanda. As we talk about some options and the “bigger picture”, she tells me that she feels that I  (Maria) am as much a part of loving Fernanda as she is. Liliana truly wants me to understand this.  “Maria, your investment in me, is my investment in Fernanda….and the other girls and women that I minister to.” 

It’s kids like Fernanda and families like hers that Liliana let’s the Good News flow to.  It’s people like Liliana, leaders like Liliana that God has called me to invest in.  Leaders like her, and Cristina, and Tere, and Lupe and Elva and others like them that are making a difference in Mexico…that are Good News to others.  This is the Kingdom of God, and that is one of the most exciting things I get to participate in.

Thanks for investing in us!!!