Sr Liana de Jesus, MMM, Brazil

Eidilair is deeply grateful for the help she received from MMM. How beautiful it would be if everyone who received assistance displayed such humility to express their thanks! I see her as a figure in the passage of people from Egypt to the Promised Land; she has suffered her whole life, but her faith in God has always remained strong. She waits for a day of transformation and resurrection, when she will be completely healed. The physical healing might not have happened, but the inner peace will bring her to a healing place to be.

Even amid pain and suffering, her closeness to God perseveres. Remarkably, she never stopped smiling, even in her most challenging times. Eidilair dos Santos is a single mother. She is in her mid-40s, she has suffered from diabetes since she was 30 years old and epilepsy since childhood. She lost her job when they discovered that she had epilepsy and diabetes. After this sickness, she has lost one leg and her vision.

Eidilair’s life was so miserable that the MMM Sisters started helping her with food and medication. At the end of last year, 2024, she was able to get her (INSS pension) permission like a sick person, and she informed the MMM Sisters that she doesn’t need the help anymore, that she and her daughter now will be able to survive with this salary from the government. She is admitted to the hospital, she needs to get her second leg amputated and now all of her teeth have come out because of diabetes.

This woman represents many people who are in the same situation as her and do not have anywhere to go to seek help. If not for someone like the MMM Sisters, who follow up with some financial assistance with the generosity from our donors, their suffering would be even more severe, I see her story inspiring in terms of transparency, together with being accountable for what she has received. Her faith in God is tremendously strong. In fact, it is what gives her strength and determination. She also has deep trust in God that her life will be transformed according to His plan for her life.

The person who trusts and believes in God, like Eidilair, even in the pain and suffering, continues to be close to God. She always has a smile on her face despite her constant pain.