Home Away From Home...

Cuando un hombre se siente en casa, (When a man feels at home)
en un lugar lejos de casa, (In a place away from home)
Hay es donde el pertenese. By Hemingway. (That is we he belongs)

I closed my eyes and unexpectedly my mind betrayed me.
I smelled the dampness, and exotic spices in the air…
all like a fusion of a perfect perfume.
My ears heard the sound of people laughing, talking,
yelling in a foreign voice, yet; the voice was one I felt familiar with.
Late hour of the night, all should be sleeping but some were as if it was day.
The sound of the music played to a beat that moved my soul.
In a foreign land, that felt like home.

While we remain away from our eternal home, we can experience the comfort of discovering people, places, smells and music that will sooth our soul and comfort our spirit just as it happened when Jesus met Mary, Martha and Lazarus.

The friendships and the moments that we live in the meantime; are memories that will remain for ever!
By Ivis Mateos


"Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house" (Luke 10:38). Jesus was at ease with Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Their home, at Bethany just outside Jerusalem, might have been considered Jesus' home away from home.”
“Earlier, when Jesus had come to resurrect Lazarus from the dead, He showed great respect and love for Mary and Martha (John 11:3, 20-39). They spoke to Jesus as if He were a part of their immediate family. Jesus was so troubled by their anguish over their brother's death that He was moved to tears before raising Lazarus to life again.” by Jerold Aust