Resurrection

I witnessed a resurrection last week. El Mirador is one of our parishes in the City. It is located in Boca del Monte... in a poor community of those who were internally displaced by the war. Many of the homes have walls of sheet metal and sit on the edge of the ravine... some have enough resources for cement block homes. We worship in an old school room kiddy corner from the unfinished church building with worn benches that were once blue and a felt banner on the wall reminding us that once their was a partnership with a parish in the ELCA. Since I have started worshipping there, 3 adults besides me and Esther have attended the services. Many have told Padre Horacio that this church is dead... that we should close the doors, sell the land, let the dead be dead.

Well... people have started to come... at first it was children off the street who were curious about what was happening... and now an entire family is preparing to be baptized. These new members attend the weekly church meeting and they have brought hope and new life with them. One man said that action is the word needed too finish the church so that more can attend... the worn wood benches are full now some Sundays... and he and his son can keep with the labor needed to put in a floor and finish the entrance and roof.

Resurrection of the Dead... come out of your tomb Lazarus! There is hope!