She buried 11 children, endured an alcoholic husband, then Jesus spoke to her in dreams
4/4/16 – by Mark Ellis & Katie Kuykendall of God Reports
Selmira was a young teen when she married, older than most of the girls in her Napo Quecha village in Peru.
She had asked if she could wait until she finished primary school before her marriage. She wanted to learn to read first.
Shamanism and alcoholism are widespread in the culture of her village, according to Wycliffe Bible Translators. Alcohol flows freely at gatherings that invoke a multitude of spirits. In many families, heavy drinking leads to violence.
When the men are too drunk to fish or labor in the fields, poverty usually falls upon them like a bandit. Their babies frequently go hungry and are given alcohol to stop their crying and put them to sleep.
