Galveston, TX
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The following report comes to us from team leader Janet with our team in Galveston, TX:
Our evangelists experienced another joy-filled afternoon encountering people at our prayer station at the Pasadena Indoor Flea Market. It is by imitating Jesus who attentively listened to each soul that He encountered that we have come to engage and spread the word of God to lost and hurting souls. Many of these people never set foot inside Church and that makes it all the more important to us to be there for them. It is from patiently listening to them and their trials and sufferings that we can respond in love, compassion and truth. We pray for their needs, offer free rosaries, Miraculous Medals, brochures on the Catholic faith and very importantly give them encouragement to seek God in their lives, direction and instruction through His words in the Bible and the truth of the Catholic Church. There is always joy, smiles, hugs and tears through these encounters. We have come to realize that these encounters are not by coincidence because so many people have told us that they weren’t even planning on coming there and “for some reason” they decided to stop. We’re so glad that they did because we know that they were moved by the Holy Spirit as God had something else planned for them that day.
We spoke with and prayed for a young mother, Destiny, who is legally blind and expecting her second child. We prayed for healing, for her eyesight to return and for the safe birth of her child. There was a small, petite grandmother named Gloria who suffers from hearing loss and arthritis and Barbara, one of our evangelists, spoke with her, empathized with her loss of hearing and prayed for her with plans to follow-up soon. And, there was a disabled man in a wheelchair who Deacon Alex spoke with and prayed with, giving him sacramentals to take with him. These were just a few of the many encounters that we had during the four hours we were there.
I want to thank Eric and Angel for coming and assisting us with praying for others and for translating the Spanish language for us so we could better understand those who spoke only Spanish. And, I always love having Barbara, Sally and Alex there because their love for the Lord shines through in their encounters and they are so joy-filled that it’s contagious. We are enriched by these encounters and end our day with plans to return soon. To God be ALL the glory!
Praised be Jesus Christ!