"My shift is nocturnal, it is eleven o'clock
at night.
going up on the street
Peiraiós, near Omónoia.
Inside the taxi, as usual, I was talking to
my sweet Jesus, praying.
I spontaneously said
to myself in my Christ:
Lord, the first person who will signal to
me to stop, I will take him without money,
as long as I bring him to You.
Nobody stopped me until I reached Piraeus
and Menandros.
There was a girl standing in
the corner.
I stopped and looked at her.
Wait for a client, for the "daily wage ..." ...
Without thinking, I got down and went to her.
-Good Evening!
—Good evening! he answered me.
- You know, this time, I feel a lot of pain
in my soul and I want to share it with someone.
She looked at me strangely and said: "
Well, did you find me to speak?"
—Yes!
My heart tells me how you will understand
me.
"Do you know what work I do?"
-I see it.
"And you want to talk to me?"
—Yes!
I want to talk with you.
Are you both
going to lose your day job today?
Maybe you
can help me and be saved.
"Let's go," he tells me hesitantly.
"OK, we're gone!"
She glanced around and hurried into the taxi.
Happy me, but also
problematized: what will
say to her?
Oh my god!
Come down and help me, what should
I do now?
What should I say to her; When we
are introduced, I say to her:
—Difficultly the professions we chose to
do, ἔ?
And so begins a very nice discussion.
At the beginning around the taxi and its difficulties.
And timidly I began to enter her own life.
However, we arrived in Kavouri.
I told her:
"We will
go down here to drink coffee and continue
our conversation."
She then said something to me that moved me:
"
Aren't you ashamed to go inside together?"
As you can understand, her dress was different
from mine, but her whole appearance.
Τῆς
said:
—no!
I am not shy!
Shame on those who
brought you to this situation!
For me, you
are a sweet and tender creature of God.
We went inside; everyone's eyes fell on us.
However, this did not interest me at all,
when the bruises she had on her feet made
I feel ashamed and start running.
for me that time was holy.
I had to, with the help
of God, resurrect this girl at all costs.
..
As in other times, I felt that I was not speaking,
but someone else inside me; the same thing
happened in this case; someone "other" asked
me to help this girl.
She told me her whole life from her childhood
until today.
And,'s also, how he came to do
this profession.
a difficult job.
This profession
destroys your personality, your dignity, you
forget if you are a human being, you forget
your desires, you live and work with the desires
of others.
You do not exist anywhere, because,
apart from your flesh, you have nothing else
for them.
That is why you are obliged to obey their
orders.
That is, you are in obedience to the
Devil and not to God.
I heard the difficulty
of this profession for the first time tonight.
Believe me, a sword pierced my heart!
The confession of this girl hurt me so much
that I do not remember feeling such pain in
my life!
Then I began to talk to her about God and
the great happiness she gives us when we are
close to her; I told her about Our Lady and
how sweet, tender, and protective she is for
Her children.
I told her about the miracles of our saints,
about Elder Porphyry, about the miracles I
experienced in the taxi, but also many people
with me.
I spoke to her about the power of Confession,
of Holy Communion, and about so many issues
around God and faith.
I tried to persuade her to change the life
she led, letting my tears run non-stop, holding
her tender hands.
When she cried, tired of my crying, I said
to her, "Now it's time for us to go," I paid,
and we got up to leave.
When we got to the taxi, a big surprise was
waiting for me.
He came to me and said:
"Will you let me embrace you?"
—And, of course, to hug me, I told her with
great joy.
He hugged me and then burst into tears.
Through
her tears she said
to me:
—Help me, help me, God has sent you, help
me to change my life, I am tired of doing
this job!
I am very young, as you say, even
though I feel a hundred years old.
It helped
me to make a new beginning, to start a family,
to have children.
You are right, I can start again from the
beginning.
⁇ Θεός σου έστειλε.
Please, go with me to your God and, please,
tell Him to give me what He has given to you.
Let me also be happy and joyful as you are.
I promised her how I would help her.
I hosted
her at my house.
one material month
and dangerous for me.
Because, as you know, these girls also have
someone who "protects" them.
My life was in danger sometimes.
However,
I was sure that God would not allow any harm
to happen to me; on the contrary, He would
help me to save this girl because He had
sent me on her way.
so is done from that night her life changed
changed.
Today she is married, happy,
and close to God, she has two children.
That night he was considered blessed, he was
