We have had the privelege of a young man named Alejandro here in Palacaguina, Nicaragua with our teams working this past month. He has been willing to do whatever with us…dig holes, machette grass, clean the clinic, play with kids, go on walks with us at night, glue flyers to walls around town, pick up garbage, and so much more. He has such a joy that makes you want to hang around him. After being around him for the past week I never would have expected the story we heard from him as tears streamed down his face.
Get ready for the Bumpy ride!!!!
P.S….Alejandro gave me the "ok" to tell his story…
From the ages 9-27 he was a really angry, violent person. He was involved in gang activity this whole time and at one point was the leader of the gang. He grew up stealing, robbing people at gun point, abusing women, minipulating people, he was a drunk, did drugs; he was an aggresive man. One night while He was drunk he roamed the streets in Nicaragua and got beat up by about 6 police men. He didn't remember much and woke up at home with huge black eyes and beatings all over his body. Right then he quickly grabbed his backpack and ran away to Honduras.
In Honduras he lived for a year where He got involved in more gang activity and kept doing all the violent things as before. He knew there was more than what he was living for and felt like he wanted more power than the normal human being. This is where the practice of black magic begins. He got to level 4 of this scale of black magic. He was in a group where there was the head leader and the disciples. He was one of the disciples. He had prayed 14 different demons into himself and they worked through him. He felt a complete control and power. He could walk into a room, no one would be able to look at him because of the demons inside of him. He could basically hypnotize the people to where they had no idea what was going on, he would steal whatever he wanted and leave. After he would leave, the people would snap out of it and not even know what had just happened.
Alejandro had another vivid memory when one day a man pulled a gun on him and told him he was going to shoot him. Alejandro just laughed in his face and told him "that's funny, you can't shoot me." The man with the gun kept saying, "of course I can, I am going to shoot"…. Alejandro continued to laugh in his face until he pulled the trigger 3 times and no bullets came out. Right away, Alejandro stole the gun from the mans hands and aimed for the sky while shooting 3 times and bullets blasting. The man looked at him in terror and ran away because he knew something was crazy about this power that Alejandro carried.
It was never Alejandro working, but the demons inside of him.
Alejandro felt like he needed to move back to Nicaragua after the year. At a party he spotted the most beautiful girl, surprisingly they got married and had a daughter. One night he felt like he was supposed to do something he never thought he'd do. As his wife went to sleep he planned a ritual that included killing her. As the demons inside Alejandro was about to kill her, he knew this wasn't himself and something in his heart told him not to. Immediately, she woke up in terror asking what he was doing. He lied and said it was nothing. He knew it wasn't himself doing it, it was the demons inside messing with him.
Thank God he didn't go through with it.
One Saturday night in particular, while drunk, Alejandro came home for dinner. He sat on the couch to watch TV until his little 4 year old daughter came over to him and set her hand on his lap. She asked, "daddy, why don't you ever go to church with me? All the kids have their daddy go with them and I have to go alone."
The beatings from the police men, all the crazy times he has been hurt has never really bothered him, but the words of his little baby daughter tore his heart to pieces. This was the turning point of Alejandro. The following day, he went to the church, told the pastor everything. The pastor committed to praying for Alejandro for a month. During the nights that he would go to bed something kept him from falling asleep. He would lay there and physically feel demons grasping for his body. Each time it was like there was something blocking them from actually reaching him.
It was the continued, fighting prayers of the pastor and the church that kept fighting off demons.
Finally, at the end of the month, Alejandro fell to his knees at church while the pastor and the members of the church laid hands on him and prayed the demons out of his body. One by one the demons began to leave his body. Each time, he felt weights being lifted. They kept praying until all evil was cast out, in Jesus name!
Ever since this moment, he has never felt more free in his life. He has never wanted to look back. His whole purpose is to serve. I have had plenty of conversations with him and all he really wants to be is a missionary and tell people how good God is and how he saved him from his horrible life.
He sat in tears telling us his story because it was real when the demons were deteriorating his life and it was real when God saved him. He wants the whole world to know. So here I am today, just a normal girl meeting people around the world and this man's story and his transformation is incredible. I watch him in awe of how he loves people. He has a joy that's beyond many understandings.
In this city, and all of Nicaragua there is a lot of black magic happening. A lot of it starts with kids playing with the wiji board. You can sense this walking around the streets or from some of the people. It's real. Please be praying for our team as we are here so we can be the light while in this darkness. Especially for Nicaragua and that this place would be completely transformed.
Keep in mind, no matter what you have done in your past, this guy Alejandro did it all. I promise you it doesn't matter. God still saves in the darkest places even when you may be at your lowest. I am so blessed and honored to know this man, Alejandro, and I hope you take to heart his story…I know I have.
