Have you ever had a dream that was so real to you it was scary? You lay in bed at night thinking you are somewhere else, in another time. Well lately, I've been having those dreams often. Last night was really the first time in a long time I've had one of those dreams. Now that I think about it, it seemed like a vision. Like I got a second chance to do something, or accomplish something I never got the chance to do. As many of you know, my heart is in Cuba. I left it there many months ago on my first trip there on spring break. Ever since then, I have been dreaming about being there. Smelling the air, feeling the cool breeze of the ocean on my face, and the warmth of hugs and kisses from our brothers and sisters in Christ. I miss them dearly, and to this day I'm already excited about going back. My dreams have been so real, and when I wake up, I get up so happy because I think I'm in Cuba. Then I look around and my heart sinks to find that I'm at home in my bed. Well my dream last night was very bizarre. As everyone knows, our friend Leonel passed away. It happened so fast, and no one got to say goodbye. I dreamed that we were all in the funeral home sitting around. But what was weird was Leonel was sitting there with us. He wasn't dead, or in a casket; he was sitting there. And all I did was latch on to him. I could hear him talk, just like he was really beside me in real life. I sat there and just hugged him the whole time. We all knew he was going to die the next day in my dream. We all knew that we'd have to say goodbye to him. Everyone from the team was there and Juan Carlos, Rosanna, and the kids were there also. It was like everyone already knew what was going to happen. Now back to reality. After we got the news about Leonel, I would wake up in the mornings with wet eyes. I cried in my sleep. I was so sad, so empty. It's funny how you can be so close to a person that you barely know. It was like a family member passed away. But now after this dream, I have peace. I think that this was God's way of telling me that everything was ok. That I got my chance to say goodbye to him. They always say that God works in mysterious ways, and the Lord knows what I need. The whole trip I prayed for peace; and I got it! God is amazing! Gloria A Dios!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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This is amazing, mi eha! I'm so proud of you and love you!
Wow, New to the blogging world been doing computers since beginning, IM, MS, e-mail but just never the blogging. Needed a site for our work with Hispanics here. Clicked my link to movie "End of the Spear" and your profile came up. Read this posting and was blown away! I certainly don't know you but sounds like your headind in the right direction. Your post took my mind immediately back to a very similar experience for me, while on one of my trips to Mexico. I was only to be gone for two weeks on that trip and no calls from home. Went to Oaxaca to tell Mixes about Jesus. Woke up in la casa de mis amigos and had had a dream that my Grandfather who was in perfect help b/4 I left had died. The dream was so real!!!! I had cried and mourned so much in my dream, I ws exhausted. You don't know me and probably won't believe this, but when I got off the plan from Mexico the dream became reality. Everything was the same. I looked at my father and I knew. I said "I already know, Dad, Papou is dead." Then I told him about the dream. We went straight from the airport to the wake. I never had a chance to grieve with all that was going on. To this day I know God gave me that dream to prepare me and help, as I was not able to be there when my grandfather died. Jesus knows what we need!!! He is good. Dios te bendiga mi hermana en CristoJesus. Perdona me - si, esa fue muy largo con muchas palabras- pero es la historia de mi corozon.
Oh, Claire, this is wonderful! You are right...the Lord can work through anything, even while we're asleep, He's working! Just after I found out, I dreamed I was there, too -- not in the same way, but it was so refreshing; I was sorry to wake up!
Thanks for posting this. What an encouragement!
WOW!!! Claire, that was beautiful!!
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