Alfredo Adum: My First Disciple in Miami

Something totally crazy amazing happened a few days ago. Out of nowhere I received a call from Alfredo Adum straight from Ecuador. You have no idea how crazy awesome this is.

Alfredo was the very first person who came to my cell group in Miami. He faithfully attended my cell group every week even though for the first five or six months he was usually the only person there. I discipled him for a year and then his father in Ecuador asked him to go live there with him for a few years. Alfredo agreed and moved to Ecuador. It was somewhat abrupt, so I wasn't able to get his email or new phone. His mom gave me his email on a scrap of paper, but a few days later I lost it. I had no way to contact his mom because she had moved and had a new phone number. I was so, so bummed.

I never forgot about him and constantly prayed for him every month or so, but I had no way of contacting him. At that time Myspace and Facebook had not yet been created, so that wasn't an option either.

So all of a sudden, out of the blue, I receive a call from a really long, strange number. I answer the phone and it's Alfredo. I couldn't believe my ears. How did he find me?

He told me that he was cleaning his room and he found the letter I wrote to him after his first encounter and a picture of him and I was attached to it. He really felt the need to contact me, so he searched for my brother and I on Facebook. He found us in five minutes and sent messages to the both of us. My brother gave him my cell phone and email and that's how he contacted me.

He told me that when he moved to Ecuador he didn't go to church for over four years because his family didn't go and he couldn't find a good church. However, all along he mantained his relationship with God. And four months ago he found an awesome G12 church. He told me that he's totally back on track with God and He's diving in head first! Hallelujah!!!! He is in a cell group, he's going to an encounter in December, and he's going to get baptized!!! Thank you Jesus!!! You are faithful to complete the work that you have begun!

He is currently majoring in Computer Engineering right now and him and his friend have started their own web design company. So he might create our website for Global Gospel Movement. Praise the Lord!