Today a young girl spoke about her amazing adventure as a Lutheran representative to the World Conference on AIDS recently held in Washington, DC. She is a member of the Matera Lutheran Parish.
This trip represented many 'firsts' for her. It was the first time she'd been out of the country. It was the first time she had flown in an airplane.
And it was the first time she felt safe enough to admit out loud that she is HIV positive.
There in the company of people whose work is the care of those infected with HIV/AIDS and the eradication of new cases, she finally could say what she felt unable to say in her own country.
For the first time in her life, she told us, "I felt I had been set free."
Salvation comes in many forms, although we cynics rarely expect it to arrive in Washington, DC.
May God continue to be at work in her life so she might be just such a blessing to others. AMEN
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