Her name is Margarita.
She lives in Por Venir, Mexico.
She used to be a prostitute. Now she is a christian.
Margarita grew up in a house where she was consistently abused, so much so that at the age of 14 she decided to run away and start a new life for herself. With no where to go and no way to support herself it was not long until she began selling her body.
This continued for years. A man eventually got her pregnant, he left her with his child. Then another man got her pregnant, he decided it was his job to take care of her son and daughter. She was not worth marrying but he took her and her kids into his house.
When she became a Christian the man she was living with was less than thrilled. He moved her and her kids out to a trailer where she had to pay their bills even though she had no source of income.
One day her trailer caught fire. For months she has been living inside of a charcoaled trailer. And just two weeks ago a church donated the money for her to build a small house.
When I meet Margarita I already knew her story. I also knew she was still living inside of that charcoaled trailer. I didn't know what I was expecting her to be like but I never expected her to be so calm. She was not frantic or worried, she was just tranquil. She knows who her God is, she knows that he is good, and no matter what happens to her she knows that she can trust him.
May that be the spirit of the Church.
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