Have you heard of Lucila Gamero de Medina? If you haven’t, I hadn’t either until this morning. I’m sharing a recent post from the GoFundMe here, and in it I think about Lucila in the context of Megillat Esther . . . because, you know, it was just Purim. If you read this post it would mean a lot (a lot a lot a lot) if you’d share a quick comment.
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It was me, not Miguel, who wanted to talk about it.
“This kinda makes me uncomfortable,” he wrote, “talking about something so personal as sex in order to raise money! I know that’s not YOUR thinking, but I want to avoid ANYONE thinking that!”
Imagine! While Miguel and I shared this d’var Torah on the bima at Mount Zion Temple in Saint Paul, back in Honduras Sindy was delivering her baby - the little pumpkin in this picture. As soon as we’d finished speaking, Miguel rushed to the lobby where he got on the phone with Viktor who shouted with joy, “It’s done!” And mama and baby were both doing great. Welcome to the world, little one! When we learn his name in the days or weeks ahead (in Honduras, many people wait to name their babies to see if they will survive.) I’ll be sure to share it here.
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