Darío Aguilar

My name is Darío and I was born in Uruguay in 1979. I have four brothers: Stefanny, Gastón, and my twin brother Pablo. My childhood was difficult, my parents corrected us harshly and it produced a deep resentment to grow in me as well as pride. There was a lack of respect for my parents and it was increasingly noticeable. When I was five my parents had an encounter with God and that began to transform my home. Love, respect, communication... my parents always made an effort to give us the best. But still, as I got older, my behavior got worse. When I was five years old I remember many fears towards other children, I remember as a child trying to please others, lying, fighting, little by little I leaned towards the bad. When I was approximately ten years old, I already frequently disobeyed my parents, I lied to them, talked back and insulted them at school, treated other children badly, even stole from them. The corrections from the school management were frequent and I took it badly and began to disrespect people in authority.

"Gran parte de mí no quería esa vida pero no era capaz de salir y no tenía esperanza ni propósito, vivía aterrorizado"

When I was a teenager everything was chaos and it was getting worse, I started drinking alcohol and stealing. The relationship with my parents did not improve, I disobeyed their instructions taking every piece of advice they gave me badly and I was not able to think straight. At the age of 18 I started using drugs and joined the ultras of Nacional in the Uruguayan soccer team. It was a stage of living on the edge, risking my life, in fact, I was imprisoned for soccer, involved in fights, robberies with violence... A large part of me did not want that life but I was not able to get out. I did not have hope or purpose, I was terrified.

At the age of 20 I had a son. That relationship was a failure, she traveled to Spain and had the child here. I was only focused on myself so the situation did not affect me. When Francisco, my son, was born, something changed in me. I started going to church, I changed my habits and a year later I came to Spain. Long story short, I had another child with my partner but the relationship with her failed again and I ended up living with my parents. Drug use and bad habits were increasing.

After a while I met Nagore, my wife, and we started a relationship. A few years later we had two children and I decided to change completely and for a while I did, but little by little I returned to my old life. The situation was untenable, my marriage was dead (I was killing it), I was useless as a father or as a husband, at work I was a disaster, my wife no longer wanted me at home and I lived bitter and full of guilt.

"Allí tuve un encuentro real con Dios y las cosas empezaron a mejorar"

En Octubre del 2017 entré en Vida Nueva. Mi plan era estar 6 meses y salir. Unas semanas antes de entrar tuve una reunión con el Pastor Cristian y me dijo que mi carácter iba a ser tratado desde el minuto 1 y así fue. 38 años de hacer las cosas mal empezaron a hacerse notables y empezaron a enseñarme a identificar cada cosa. Para mí los vicios eran el problema, pero en realidad eran sólo la consecuencia de mi gran desorden. La realidad es que era un orgulloso, sólo pensaba en mí, tenía tantos complejos y temores que no era capaz de mirar a nadie a la cara y sostener la mirada... Poco a poco Dios me hizo ver la realidad del problema y decidí  obedecer lo que se me decía. Allí tuve un encuentro real con Dios y las cosas empezaron a mejorar. Dios estaba transformando mi vida y mi matrimonio.

In October 2017 I entered Vida Nueva. My plan was to stay for 6 months and leave. A few weeks before entering I had a meeting with Pastor Cristian and he told me that my character was going to be treated from minute 1 and it was. 38 years of doing things wrong began to become noticeable and began to teach me to identify everything. For me the vices were the problem, but in reality they were only the consequence of my great disorder. The reality is that I was proud, I only thought of myself, I had so many complexes and fears that I was not able to look anyone in the face and hold their gaze... Little by little, God made me see the reality of the problem and I decided to obey. what was said to me. There I had a real encounter with God and things began to improve. God was transforming my life and my marriage.

En noviembre del 2020 recibí el alta terapéutica del Centro, actualmente estoy trabajando y viviendo una vida nueva con mi esposa y mis hijos. Mi paso la Comunidad fue la parábola que contó Jesús en la Biblia del buen samaritano, así me encontró Dios a mí: muerto y tirado en el camino. Me llevó al mesón (la comunidad) y restauró mi vida y la de mi familia. Ahora es todo nuevo, cada vez que fallo (que son muchas veces) no le hecho la culpa a las circunstancias, a mi familia o al trabajo, el problema es siempre lo que sale de mi corazón. En la Comunidad Dios me quitó el velo y pude ponerle nombre a mi pecado y eso me ha dado y me da  una verdadera libertad. Estoy aprendiendo a vivir el evangelio, Dios sigue tratando en mí el carácter orgulloso, la ofensa, ahora puedo pedir perdón, ya no vivo centrado en mí, cada vez puedo darme más en casa, me encargo de la limpieza, la cocina, y todo lo que sea posible. El gozo que experimento y la paz de saber que puedo agradar a Dio no se compara con nada.

Doy gracias a Dios por todo, ha hecho y hace posible lo imposible.
Gracias a Vida Nueva, a cada responsable, a mi canal por la paciencia que me tuvo, al pastor Cristian por darme la oportunidad de servir en Bizi Berria, el centro de acogida de la iglesia de Renteria, a mi esposa y a mis hijos por confiar en Dios.
Gracias, que Dios los bendiga.