Counseling Prompts Struggling Ecuadorian Couple to Turn to Christ

January 25, 2013

Counseling Prompts Struggling Ecuadorian Couple to Turn to Christ

January 25, 2013

Marco Mosquera heads the counseling ministry at Radio Station HCJB in Quito and tracks the counseling service's statistics. He and his wife, Marta Claudia, also host a live afternoon call-in radio program called Al Oído (A Listening Ear).

(Jan. 25, 2013 - by Ralph Kurtenbach) For *Alex, the counseling sessions were going just fine; their pastor always agreed with him. But the abusive marriage was wearing down Alex's wife, *Marina, who would be locked in the couple's home at times when he went away on Saturdays.

Marina discounted any thought of seeking additional help, instead considering divorce as a way out. She was described by HCJB Global counselor Antonio Torres as "tired of having so many insults, blows, slights and slanders."

"They said that every day they tuned in to Radio Station HCJB, but it never occurred to them to knock on the doors of this institution in order to receive spiritual help," related Torres, who eventually did receive the couple into his counseling office in Quito, Ecuador. "But seeing their situation as a couple was going deeper into evil every day, they made an appointment."

They were among the 2,100-plus listeners who sought counseling from the station's professionals during 2012, according to Marco Antonio Mosquera who heads the counseling ministry.

Mosquera and his wife, Marta Claudia, also host a live afternoon call-in program, Al Oído (A Listening Ear), fielding telephone calls and short text messages as people share problems, concerns and at times the dangers they face in their homes. Some 600 people have been counseled via these calls.

Torres found Alex, a military man, to be "very possessive, aggressive and angry," maintaining that he was right in making Marina submit to him and not have her own group of friends.

Antonio Torres counsels a man at his office in Quito.

Analyzing the situation in the light of God's Word, Torres patiently explained what he saw, and after several counseling sessions, Alex and Marina received the Lord into their hearts and began attending an evangelical church in Quito.

In the past year, 120 people made decisions to accept Jesus Christ as Savior. Another 250 people were prayed for and/or received counseling via email.

"I ask you with all my heart, please pray for this couple," reflected Torres. "They really need our spiritual support." He added that the couple-already married in a civil ceremony-would like to confirm their union in a church ceremony.

*Fictitious names used to protect the couple's privacy.

Source: HCJB Global

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