God ALWAYS Has A Plan: Jonathan's Story Part 2
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Thanks, God. I was born. That's the very beginning of my story.
Yeah.
But again, I don't know if you can see those aspects of spiritual warfare, single mother, struggling financially. That's a reality that I believe even maybe some moms listening to us and follow you and follow the podcast are going through.
Yeah.
And so I hope they can, they can see this because God has a plan. God had a plan for me. We're going to continue talking about that, but God has a plan for them as well. But I don't know if you relate to that reality, a mom on herself, uh,
Yeah, I mean, I certainly relate, not in the sense that that's my story, but I certainly know of enough stories, whether I've read them, seen them on the news, or when I've gone to visit the children that I sponsor. So I've seen it firsthand going to Africa, going to the Dominican Republic. It was very much a story of two of the children that I sponsor and their mom ran away from abuse. That's where it all started. Ran away from her family and didn't have anything. But eventually... did find a husband and they are together and they have three beautiful children and I sponsor two of them. But yeah, I've sat and talked with her in their home and heard all about it. And it just, it breaks my heart, but it's amazing to see what God can do.
And also the people that can come around and support and help.
Yeah.
So take me to where you're born.
I'm born then in Santo Domingo. A ghetto, basically. Drugs, prostitution, gambling. A difficult, very difficult context. And so now, let me just mention something about poverty that... uh speaking of blaming uh so when when i was born my mother didn't have any prenatal care and i i now as a father and with my wife we reflect on there are certain things that we take for granted in a context in a healthy context in a healthy family context where mother have prenatal care Basic things as vitamins, specific vitamins that doesn't come to mind in English. But there are specific vitamin children need to grow in the womb. For me, calcium was one that I needed and that I didn't have. So when I was born, I had calcium failure in my teeth. So my teeth were very weak and because my mother didn't have any calcium while pregnant, that opened for me a journey of, My teeth being very weak, we didn't have any money to pay for a dentist.
And I do remember my mom talked to a professor. She was very creative. Now that I reflect on that, because we couldn't pay for a dentist, but she found a way to talk to a professor in a university. So I could go to this public university. 20 students will practice with a real mouth and I will get the dental care that I need. Very creative.
And your mom found this on her own?
Yeah.
She was a determined woman.
That's what I am reflecting on. Now, I am thankful for her. She's my hero, of course. But those ways that she found to support her baby... So she talked to this professor, 20 students, they will tie me to a bed, four jacket and an open mouth metal machine. I laugh because I jokingly say, I know I'm describing a trauma. It was a traumatic setting because I didn't want to be there. Like 20 students and they will tie me to that bed, keep my mouth open. If there is any dentist listening, which I believe there might be in this big audience, I don't hate you anymore, but I used to.
But I'm looking at your teeth right now and I'm like, your teeth are so gorgeous. I would never even think that there was any problem from the start. You have really amazing, beautiful teeth.
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