We have been going with a woman from our church, Marilia, on visits to the houses of other members of the church every once in a while. We are wanting to do this on our own someday, but are still trying to learn the city and figure out how to get around a little better.
On Tuesday, we were blessed to be able to meet a woman from the church named, Ligia ,who has some problems hearing and seeing. We arrived at her house just to say "hi" and see how she was doing because she hadn't been to church recently, but immediately saw an opportunity to serve. She lives alone and had just spent the last five days or so with her sister in another part of town. While she was gone, her power had been turned off and all of the food in her fridge had spoiled. As she was trying to clean, water had gotten everywhere and everything was just dirty.
As an older woman without children to be there to help her, we felt called to serve her and help her clean her house. We stayed for a while just scrubbing, helping her put things back where they belonged and talking with her about her life.
It was a huge blessing to all of us to be able to be part of that day, and has really reminded us why we are here. There are so many people that God puts in our path who are simply in need of a friend or someone just to come along and pause long enough to see a way to help.
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