Argentina: Nelson and Claudia Orellana

Pastor Nelson

On October 20-22 we stayed at Nelson and Claudia Orellana's home. They are the pastor couple for five different churches and the mother church for a few others.
Nelson started preaching and helping in ministries at a young age.
Around ten years ago, he was preaching at a youth conference. His wife and a few of his children with their aunt left the church. As they were crossing the street, a car hit Claudia (his wife), his only daughter, and one of his four sons, Julio. Tragically his daughter died. Doctors said there was no hope for his wife and thought she would die too. His son Julio's arm was nearly cut off. Doctors put a iron bar in his arm in an attempt to repair, but from that point the arm never grew.
When Nelson first went to the hospital to see his family, he prayed for people and seventeen were healed. Unfortunately, his wife was not healed right away. When his wife was healed miraculously, the church gave him and his family a vacation. While they were on vacation, their church took away their house (he had donated his house to the church) and threw their furniture on the front lawn. They did this because they thought the accident would not have happened if his life was right with God.
For a few years, Nelson and his family lived in tents, but Nelson did not get bitter toward those people. Nelson started a church, and he got a house again. Now Nelson and Claudia are the pastor couple for five churches and the mother church for several others. They also have a 24/7 radio station.
A couple of years ago, someone prayed for Julio and his arm grew back and the bar inside disappeared. A prophet told him sit down by a piano, put his hands on the piano and play. God did a miracle. He can play the piano fluently without ever having taken lessons!