Osbaldo,
our fellow church leader, was unjustly accused of a serious crime, tortured,
and imprisoned for seven months. Our
entire church family grieved and prayed for him and his wife and children
during his long absence.
When
our great and powerful God unexpectedly freed Osbaldo from imprisonment and
cleared him of all charges this week, our church family was overjoyed, to say
the least.
We
surprised Osbaldo with a homecoming party on Friday night! There were many teary eyes upon welcoming
Osbaldo and witnessing him reunited with his wife and
children.
Surrounded
by the church family, he gave testimony of the Lord’s faithfulness to care for
him, even in his darkest moments in the prison, as well as of the amazing
opportunities he had to share the Gospel and encourage other prisoners with
Scripture during his imprisonment. He
certainly was a God-directed
missionary to those prisoners!
Afterwards,
we shared a time of thanksgiving and of prayer, not only for direction and
provision for Osbaldo and his family, but also for other prisoners and the Lord’s
continued plans in their lives and in the ministry at the prison.
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