Escrito Está
The Best Time to Be or the past two years, Escrito Está had faithfully shared the Spanish daily devotional, Una Mejor Manera de Vivir, through the WhatsApp mobile application. We had over one thousand contacts who received the devotionals and, in turn, would forward the messages to their friends and family. Everything was going great until one morning I received a notification that our account had been permanently suspended due to a change in the WhatsApp privacy settings. Our IT department worked diligently to find a solution. Unfortunately, we realized WhatsApp would no longer be a reliable option. I felt as if I had lost all those people and had no way to get them back. Our next step was to move forward with a similar mobile application, Telegram, along with many other users who had also
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been affected by the WhatsApp changes. We moved forward in faith, knowing that people appreciate the effort and trusting God to lead us to the right audiences there. I was still discouraged that we could not rely on WhatsApp anymore, until I received a phone call from an unknown number to my personal cell phone. Since I didn’t recognize the number, I didn’t answer, but I later listened to the voicemail: “My name is Aracely from Mexico. Please call me back. I have a friend asking me about Escrito Está’s airing schedule.” Just as I finished listening to the message, Aracely called again. “Hello Miss Carolina! I was calling you to confirm Escrito Está’s airing schedule on Azteca TV. I also want you to know that my prayer group fasts every week for the people who work in this wonderful ministry. I listen to Una Mejor Manera de Vivir every day. I share it with 10 different groups of friends, and they can’t get enough! Our church is bombarding social media! I’m giving Bible studies over the phone and have two candidates ready for baptism!”
“The gospel is reaching places we cannot even imagine!”
CAROLINA BONILLA is the administrative assistant for Escrito Está. Born in Ecuador, Carolina has a passion for reaching the Spanishspeaking community with the gospel.
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