Marcelo

Thought I´d give you a little update on Marcelo and his family. He and his whole family works different shifts parking and guarding cars out in front of my apartment all week. Marcelo, himself generally does construction during the day, then shows up for late afternoon and weekend shift. He and José (his son) and his daughter-in-law María usually work my street,,, his wife Blanca and the 2 daughters work Veracruz, the cross-street.

Marcelo has been out of construction work for quite some time. You should have seen the smile on his face all last week as he told me that he had a job starting on Monday (yesterday).

Then the city (finally) decided to prohibit parking on Veracruz last week. So technically, Blanca and the 2 girls are now out of work. Then Marcelo showed up for his job yesterday, and he was told to come back in 2 weeks,,, because the work was being given to family members for now.

It´s not all sad, though,,, I do believe God is working something out. Jesseña is José and María´s daughter (she´s a little over 2 now),, whose only real options have been to either be in daycare (expensive for the family, and not so great health-wise for Jesse) or on the sidewalk with her mom. Now Blanca and María are rotating weeks on my side of the street,,, which means Jesse gets quality time at home now. And perhaps gives Marcelo more opportunity to look for work. Easier for me to find the bright side, though.

They´ve been sure to watch out for me and my place over the years, and help me take groceries up from time to time. And I´ve helped here and there with different gifts to help keep them going over the years. I´d like to give them an extra, more purposeful hand in the food/grocery area in the next 2 weeks, and increase my purposeful prayer support for them -- for work and for faith, hope and complete trust in God in the meantime.

I think there are times when all of that can get pretty shaky, even though you know inside that God really loves you and is working out His best for you ... in ALL things.

I´m grateful for Marcelo and his family in my life. Thank you to all who can collaborate with me in prayer for him and his family.

Sincerely,
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