Monday I talked with Jose, and he told me about Francisco, a young man of 13 or 14 who is an alcoholic and starting into drugs. Jose and Marvin recommended a rehab program in San Salvador that we are familiar with, and we agreed to send him to it . The cost is $150 for the first month. His mother pleaded for help to get him into the program. Yesterday he was to be taken there.
Also yesterday, I was privileged to speak to nearly 200 teenagers in Kansas City about the La Palma mission work and tell them how they can be involved. One thing I talked about was Francisco, and how we were raising money to get him into the treatment program. They took up a collection and it amounted to over $100 (these are jr and sr high kids) and will collect more today!
We ask you to pray for Francisco, his family and friends, and for all of the people in La Palma. God bless you, Ralph