[Sister Alvear]

a young girl walked into our church in Brazil...Her blouse was too thin and too short...I will not even describe her skirt. Her hair was far too orange...

My dear friend and American sister whispered and told me there was someone I really needed to set straight...

I didn´t mean to let a tear fall but it did...I looked at my dear visiting friend and said," I am just glad she is here she was at the red light district last night..."

A few weeks ago a boy walked into my house and another American friend (?) said something to me afterwards...he felt the wrong spirit from the boy...Yes, Brother I agree the boy has problems but did you ever stop to think my friendship with him may be the only thing standing between him and hell?

I brought a prostitute home with me one night...she had come to church and it was either to my house or the streets she would go...Prayed her through that night in my living room many years ago and never again did she go back to the world of Gomer...

My dear friends our Jesus was a friend of sinners...we sometimes cannot get that...HOLY, WORSHIPPED Jesus sitting with sinners, eating at their homes, healing their sick. No the religious of His day did not understand him and neither do most now...they had too many laws to follow to even notice he was the Messiah.
His laws were so different than theirs…they missed HIM and HIS purpose…
I hope somewhere we all can find balance and love.

I hope in my love for truth and God I have not driven the sinner away...You know that is possible...
PS Before you judge me and this little note go to my missionary pictures…