Cuban Omar Quintero promised the Virgin of Charity that, if he saved his cancer-stricken son, he would walk from Havana to his National Sanctuary in El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba and this month he began his promise.
Omar makes the journey following Cuban roads. She pushes a wooden cart painted white and with her son's name in red letters. She carries yellow flowers, an image of the Virgin and a few belongings for the journey.
“I left my house on the day January 15, at 6:50 in the morning. That same day, I slept in San José de las Lajas, but I really don't know when I will reach my destination," he confessed in an interview with Radio Marti.
The man indicated that many people stop him on the road to ask him when he will arrive in El Cobre, others offer him help and many join in prayers of faith.
In the videos you can see dozens of people joining him as he passes through the small towns of the island, showing him support so that he can complete his promise as soon as possible.
They have also left him hundreds of messages on social media and are worried about knowing where and how he will be at this time of harsh winter on the island.
“The truth is that the people of Cuba have supported me a lot and that shows the faith you have, like me, in the Virgin of Charity. I have no words to thank the people who have helped me with food, have allowed me to bathe in their homes and encourage me,” said Omar, who is currently traveling through the Sancti Spíritus province.
The Cuban must walk in total more than 840 kilometersfor the health of your child Lázaro Quintero Bermúdez (36 years old), who has had a malignant tumor between the heart and lung for 10 years.
"They have given him radiation, they have given him chemotherapy, but nothing. A while ago he had surgery and he fell into a coma. Every day he was getting worse, so I made this promise to the Virgin of Charity which I am now fulfilling, to help me save my son. "What I do is little, any father or mother would do it," he said.
How can I support Promise Payer?
Cubans have begun to call Omar "the Promise Payer", inspired by the Brazilian soap opera that shocked the people of Cuba back in the 80s, which in turn was inspired by a movie.
People have begun to organize to support this humble Cuban who with faith seeks to save his son. They use social networks to inform when it arrives in each city
"You can give him anything from the essential talk of food, water, a coat, a blanket, a night on the porch of your house (his promise does not allow him to sleep in houses or hostels) and let him rest his tiredness on a mattress in that same portal, for a hot night, when it's so cold. He barely brings what he's wearing, give him a hug, give him encouragement," said Facebook user Giselle Delgado Arias.
Just as help along the way is important, respect for your rest and privacy is also important. People should avoid distracting Omar from his goal, as the journey ahead could become much heavier and emotionally harder for him.
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