Yilmar

From the day I met him there was something different about him.  His desire to live, desire to grow, desire to be known.  He has a longing in him that drives him.  Yilmar is aa 16 yr old teenager who didn´t know his mother or sister until he was 12 yrs old; his step-father beat him and made him sell candy & beg on the streets for money.  Eventually he ran away and lived on the streets fending for himself.  He has seen the dark side of life from the guns, to the sex, to the death, to the hunger & thirst, to the need and ultimately to a longing to end life.

Yet, this story was changed for Yilmar as came to know the Foundation of Open Arms.  He now is a leader, a man of faith and love, a person who desires things in life and moves towards them with ambition and wisdom.  People are influenced as they come to know who is Yilmar.  I´m happy to know such a teachable person and yet I must ask myself, "Am I still as teachable as the spirit of this man before me?"