“I have come to know a God who is in love. I used to only know God as the King of Kings, the Creator of all things, but now God has conquered my heart. I drink him in every day. For that reason I can laugh, I can smile, I can love. I can tell people how God’s love has been for me, that it can be that way for them.”
Idia Miranda hasn’t seen or heard from her husband, Pastor William Reyes, since he disappeared in north-east Colombia on 25 September 2008. The family is facing another new year without their husband and father.
But Idia is still receiving letters of support and encouragement every day, even though she has had to move to another part of the country - many of them from CSW supporters.
“They are a real comfort, a reminder that people are thinking of [us] and praying for [us]. Often they would arrive at the right moment – sometimes we would be at the point of despair, and a message would arrive and bring us hope.
Even though we couldn’t always understand what they said, we would pray for each person who sent us a card or letter by name. Even now sometimes, I will open the box where I keep all the letters and take one out and pray for that person.
Unfortunately, people, even in the church, often let us down. But I have learned to depend only on God. When people shut their doors, God opens many more doors for us. Sometimes in our times of need aid came from the most unexpected places.”
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Meet Idia Miranda from Colombia