Grettel singing a tribute to all her friends
Hey everyone,
We hope that you’re doing great. We wanted to share a neat story with y’all about our friend named Grettel. She is a professional singer here in Panama. She has been a Christian for 2 years or so and this past weekend she celebrated her 26th birthday with a Birthday party. She invited us to her party along with many of her professional singer friends, TV and music producers, and other famous or important people like a past Miss Panama! We felt like we were at a VIP type event!
The purpose of her Birthday party was to get her friends together, many of which are non-Christians, and share Christ with them. She did a tribute to her singer friends by singing their songs, and afterwards shared a story about King Solomon. She shared that Solomon could have asked for many things from God, but he asked for wisdom. She talked about how his physical belongings were not eternal at all. After she told her story another guy went up and shared an evangelical message. It was really awesome to see them sow a seed without shame and without fear to the type people that many would be intimidated by.
Some people paid pretty close attention, and others didn’t seem to listen too much. But God had his way of catching their attention.
Once the party was over. Some of her friends went outside and discovered that one of their cars had been broken into and some electronics had been stolen. The police showed up and called some other police who eventually caught the 2 young boys who had stolen the items (11-13 years old). The friends got into a car and drove to the police station to claim the items that were stolen and to talk to the boys who had stolen them. One of the boys was asked why he stole the items and he replied, ”Because I have no wisdom.” That is a strange thing for a young teenager to say, don’t you think?
One of the Grettel’s friends, who isn’t a Christian, and hadn’t really paid much attention as the gospel was shared at the party, heard what the boy said about wisdom and something clicked in her head regarding the story that Grettel told about Solomon. God used what the boy said to get her attention and show her that he had a plan, and wanted her to listen to it!
Also, one of the friends that was there was a Christian, and shared with the two boys about who Christ is, the love that he has for each of us, and how we can have eternal life through him. The two young boys, who had stolen the stuff, and were quickly caught, both accepted Christ that night in the police station!
How neat is our God? Who knows what kind of situations he wants to use for his Glory. One of our friends often says “our disappointment is God’s divine appointment”. Isn’t that so true! God has a plan to use whatever situation we’re in for his glory, I hope that we’re attentive enough to see what he wants to do and obey!
Derek and Audrey Tucker
If you’d like to hear some of her songs go to www.youtube.com and type in the search Grettel Garibaldi.
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