Steve and Eida Irwin Equipping Latin American cross-cultural church planters 
Good news – one of the guys is in detox (but it’s not the guy in the picture, sorry). Ralph started coming to church on Eida’s Sunday morning church shuttle run from the grocery store where they hang out.
Ralph really wants to break free of his addiction-controlled lifestyle, so he asked if we could help him get into a detox program. After a couple of weeks, a free bed opened up at the detox center. Our friend Grant, who has a real heart for these men, took him there and walked him through the tedious process of qualification and check-in.
This happened about ten days ago, and when he finished he went into a 30-day rehab program. The key factor in beating addiction is getting established in a stable constructive lifestyle after going through detoxification. Ralph needs our prayers.
Now Jimmy (pictured above) says he wants to do it, too. Jimmy is the guy Eida first started talking to. You might remember that in June of last year, he and his buddy Ron had decided to go through detox together, but they backed out. Ron died about a month later.
Please pray that a free bed would open up for Jimmy and that he won’t back out again. These guys tend to act according to the way they feel at the moment, rather than following through on a set plan.
It’s hard to know where these guys are spiritually. They seem to swing back and forth between warm feelings for “Brother Jesus” (Jimmy’s favorite term) and bitterness against God for the situation they are in, depending on their level of intoxication and the mood of the group at the moment.
