Mariquita

My heart is so absolutely heavy as I type this post this morning. This is not an attempt at manipulating anyone. This is a cry for help and for prayer. The picture you see here is Mariquita. She was one of the girls highlighted in our last newsletter, presenting the need for a girls home that we need to build. Mariquita is five years old.

This morning, we learned that Mariquita's mother gave her away to another woman (whose son is a known molester) and Mariquita has been taken by this woman to the Sierras (Copper Canyon). The reason her mom gave her away is that she simply didn't want her anymore. She has previously done this with an older daughter. Right now I am so angry that this little girl is being cast off like some old clothes and being placed into the hands of a molester. I'm angry because I want this girls home to be built so that we could have taken Mariaquita in, to save her from certain harm.


Mariquita and her sister Maria and brother Benito have been part of Una Esperanza from the very beginning and have been a crucial part in helping bridge the gap between the Tarahumara and Una Esperanza. This morning I am praying that this woman would be compelled to bring Mariquita back to Juarez, that she would have no rest until she is back with her brother and sister. I am praying that God will put a hedge of protection around Mariquita and that she would not be touched by this molester. If she is returned to Una Esperanza, we will try our best to "buy" her from her mother so we can protect her. I am begging God to raise up someone who cares about this girls home and will enable us to get it built.


This need is so far beyond what Brad or I can accomplish, but I am even more convinced that this is in the heart of God to protect these children and give them a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 is no less true for this little girl in Mexico than it is for the suburbanite in the United States. He has plans for Mariquita for good and not for harm, for a future and a hope. God, please let her live to see that future and that hope. She loves you as much as she knows how to right now.

I'm also including a link to the recent drawings that we received for the girls home. This needs to be built now, not in three years when we have enough money. We are crying out to God to provide for this need and protect these girls NOW, not when it's too late for Mariquita.


Please, please, please pray for Mariquita right now, that God would protect her and return her to us. Please pray that God would provide for this need. His hand is moving so mightily amongst these people, but Satan is working overtime to sustain his grasp on them.


I would ask you to take the time to watch the Casa de Una Esperanza video included in the links to the right of this post and pray for Mariquita as you are led by the Holy Spirit.