CHANGING
LIVES
From
Breadcrumbs to Blessing
CBN.com
– Elsa Martinez wants a home of her own, and
she has a plan to get one. Her simple strategy? Learn to
bake and sell bread.
"My dream is to have a house, Elsa says. "And
I know I will have one, because now I sell bread and by
saving money I will have one. The Lord will give it to me."
Once upon a time Elsa did have a home--and a happy marriage.
That all changed when her husband got addicted to drugs.
"He got in so deep that he left his job, sold the car,
sold everything in the house," Elsa says. "I fell
slowly into depression. I cried constantly. When he demanded
that I give him money, we had a fight and he threw me out
of the house. The day I left my house was the saddest day
of my life. I went to live at the edge of a river with my
daughter. That was very difficult for me, very painful,
especially because my husband, who claimed to love me, did
it."
Elsa found a job cleaning houses to make money, but the
little she made was never enough. Frustrated and discouraged,
Elsa was at her breaking point when a friend suggested that
she call The 700 Club.
"They were going to give courses on how to be a beautician
and a baker," Elsa says. "I needed to make money
as soon as possible, and the pastry courses were fast. I
prayed, Lord, you know that I need money, please help me.
This bread I'm going to make, I'm going to sell it in the
name of Jesus."
The baking course, sponsored by CBN in Costa Rica, taught
Elsa how to make many different types of bread--and how
to sell them!
"I came home and prepared my first batch of bread,"
Elsa says. "I made the dough, baked it, and I went
out and knocked on doors. I sold all the bread! I said thank
you Lord."
Elsa continues to sell all the bread she bakes. Now she
makes enough money to take care of herself and her daughter.
She's even saving money to fulfill her dream of buying a
house.
"Now I tell God I'm sorry for losing my faith when
I was so desperate," Elsa says. "I tell him that
from now on I believe in Him. No matter how hard things
get for me, I'll believe in Him."
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