"They take everything."
While shopping for groceries today, I needed some assistance in the fruits/veggies section. No one was on the floor, so I walked to the back room in search of an employee. A man in broken English asked what I wanted. I told him and he escorted me to the sweet oranges.
I asked him where he was from to which he replied, "Venezuela". Wow, I said, you really escaped a mess there, didn't you? He said he came here on political grounds and that his wife and children are still there and expected to be with him in two years.
The line of work he did in his country was life insurance, his own business, which was entirely taken from him when Venezuela became socialist. "They take everything," he said, "I had to flee."
I was floored by that information and said we should pray. I laid my hand on his shoulder, and in a four sentence prayer asked for the Lord's intervention and safety for his family.
The man was realizing a presence that had visited in that moment and was near tears. I shall follow up as I revisit. I didn't want to cause him to lose his job.
While shopping for groceries today, I needed some assistance in the fruits/veggies section. No one was on the floor, so I walked to the back room in search of an employee. A man in broken English asked what I wanted. I told him and he escorted me to the sweet oranges.
I asked him where he was from to which he replied, "Venezuela". Wow, I said, you really escaped a mess there, didn't you? He said he came here on political grounds and that his wife and children are still there and expected to be with him in two years.
The line of work he did in his country was life insurance, his own business, which was entirely taken from him when Venezuela became socialist. "They take everything," he said, "I had to flee."
I was floored by that information and said we should pray. I laid my hand on his shoulder, and in a four sentence prayer asked for the Lord's intervention and safety for his family.
The man was realizing a presence that had visited in that moment and was near tears. I shall follow up as I revisit. I didn't want to cause him to lose his job.