The Good Samaratin

Okay...this is lame, I havent posted a blog in almost a month!!! sorry...so much has happened and I never seem to get to a computer. Well I have a story...
So my leaders, Helen and Christian were walking home from our base one night when they ran into this man…He looked frightened and exhausted and he asked them for help…He told them how he had never been in the city before (buenos aires)…he had been working in the jungle for 3 months…12 hour days for only a few pesos…his employers decided to pay after six months or something….so this man had NO money.
He was travelling back home because he had just received news of his sons death, he had been bitten by a poisonous snake and didn’t make it…
Carlos, this bewildered man was trying to find his way through the city – he had never even seen a taxi before…he had no money and was not sure how he was going to get to his home in the country….All day he had been asking people for help, but the streets of Buenos Aires can be very cold.
Helen and Christian knew that they were to help Carlos….so they got a taxi and took him to the bus station and bought him a ticket, they also sent him some money and contact information (they couldn’t get his phone number because he doesn’t even have a phone)
A few weeks ago Carlos called again, he was once again in Buenos Aires, he had been in the hospital because of a heart attack, the stress from his sons death most likely caused it…..he had once again no money and no place to go…We as a school prayed about what we should do, we weren’t sure if this man was really in need of help or if he was now using the generosity of Helen and Christian to his advantage…in the end we decided to put together any money or clothes or things we felt we should give to Carlos and once again sent him on his way………This poor man seems to have one bad thing after another happen to him, if you could keep Carlos in your prayers that would be great.

Ashley