The greatest show of faith of a Victoria footballer: his mother beat him as a child, he suffered hunger and was promoted to the First Division – Diez – Diario Deportivo

The Bible … is that sacred book that defines faith as the certainty of what is expected, the conviction of what is not seen. That same faith moved men like David, Abraham, Nehemiah, Daniel, Joseph or Paul. Also to a whole squad of Victoria to return to the First Division after five years in the Liga de Ascenso; and especially Marlon Flores, a Honduran soccer player who is part of the jaibo team with a shocking life testimony.

Today the sky pleases us with a colorful morning like the sea on the mud streets that lead us to the Garífuna community of Nueva Armenia, where we find the defender Honduran Marlon Flores, the protagonist of this story who turned out to be a key piece as the undisputed headline in the team of Carlos Padilla, a dream come true after years of anguish that is not easy for me to describe between thin lines of text.

After an hour and a half from Ceiba, we finally reached our destination. The truth is that Flores was not born here, but in Iriona, Columbus. Today the heat is imposing, but it matters little with the decorous reception of its people, and the humility that characterizes Marlon Flores to open the doors of his home to us.

OVERCOMING

To understand the life of this 22-year-old boy, we will have to go back to his hard childhood and the rejection of his mother – who today says he has remained in the past thanks to his faith – and the times of crisis living far from his family seeking to fulfill his dream as a professional footballer: to ascend to the First Division.

“I thank God for the promotion, every footballer would like to achieve it and personally I feel happy and joyful. It has cost me a lot, it has been five years that I have been fighting to achieve this. Now it has happened. These years have been sad , I was in the worst moments of the team. At one point a foreign player sued the team for about 40 thousand dollars, I won a thousand lempiras, by then I had to wait three months to be paid for ten days “, remembers the right winger about its crisis stage.

Marlon Flores with his family members who became an important pillar in his life.

When Marlon arrived in La Ceiba signed by the VictoryHe had the happiness of being able to live in the clubhouse, but it did not cover all his needs and that of his daughter, so during that passage he had to reinvent himself to survive because his pocket did not fit, it was like in 2019 He worked as a bricklayer in the mornings and fried chickens at night in a restaurant owned by one of the club’s directors.

“These are difficult stages that we go through at the headquarters, without water, without electricity; if I ate in the morning I did not do it at noon, if I ate at noon I did not do it in the afternoon. In the end it was all worth it. It was difficult for me, In the morning I had to go as a bricklayer and then I would train in the afternoons. At that time they only paid me a hundred a day -500 lps a week-, I looked at it a lot, but I only adjusted for a can of milk; in the end the suffering was worth it, today thank God we achieved the promotion and we are going to start a new story, “he said.

He also recalled that “I was not winning the large amount, but the team was a little more stable. I met Martín Fajardo, he appeared like an angel in my path because at that time I needed the job. He was one of the people who told them to the presidency raised my salary, I went to work at the restaurant for my brothers, I had to fight my daughter and my brothers because my mother was going through a difficult situation, we were enemies but today, thanks to God, we have been able to maintain a stable situation ” .

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His adoptive mother, Vicenta Martínez, is a witness to this and the reason for his pride.

“I am proud of my nephew, I want him to carry on because since childhood he always liked football. I want him to carry on by God’s will. His mother left him with me and as a child he never gave me problems. I want him to carry on. That will be their future, “says Vicenta Martínez with signs of joy.

RECONCILIATION WITH HIS MOTHER

Marlon Flores is the eldest of two brothers (Wilmer Yasmani Benedith and María Guadalupe Benedith). Of his parents Juana Benedith Mejía and Santiago Flores he speaks very little and when he does it is to remember sad episodes of his childhood.

He met his father until he was 17 years old thanks to a reunion through social networks and his mother, he has painful scars from abuse at home, like the days when he hit his head against the wall.


Marlon Flores during the interview with journalist Edgar Witty.

“My childhood is very difficult to explain, perhaps when she looked at me like she remembered my father, that’s why I came to live in Nueva Armenia. All children in childhood receive physical abuse, but not the way I received it. I was marked, when my mother did things like that to me, they hurt me, I will not deny that I always felt that resentment.

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¿How did he forgive her? I consulted him. “There was a Christian person who told me that I had to ask my mother for forgiveness, but I asked her why, if I hadn’t done anything to her. My mother started to cry, I told her that I don’t know what I had done to her, but I begged her forgiveness. My relationship with her improved and what I want is to continue working to give him and my brother a good life. At the time I was forced to take away my brothers because alcohol was leaving her as a tramp. then life has marked me, now I have to fight for my brothers and my children. “

Marlon Flores with the champion trophy with Victoria after defeating Atlético Pinares.

YOUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS

When Victoria descended in 2016, Marlon Flores I was already on the reserve team with few appearances. Today he established himself on the right wing and is clear that in First division wants to be the protagonist.

“Since I was a child I always dreamed of playing professionally, when I was going through the most difficult situations I thought that what I need today, tomorrow I will have more than enough. I will not deny that many times I wanted to throw in the towel, before I was weaker of the mind, but I was able to remain calm. For five years I have been fighting to be in the First Division and since the Saturday that we promoted I decided to work, I do not want to go sit on the bench first and I will work for that. many players who are in the national team and why could not I be, if I have the quality and confidence with a high performance, “he said.

Your cousin, Dailor Enriquez, adds to the tattooed vision of wishes for prosperity for Flores.

“I want to see him triumph for his dreams, I am proud of him, the only thing I ask of God is to always protect him and to move on. His childhood was sad, but when you are with God, He opens doors for you, He opens paths for you. “, He said Dailor Enriquez.

Finally, we say goodbye to Nueva Armenia where we delve into the history of Marlon Flores, a young man full of talent and goals to achieve who has remained standing despite the harsh circumstances he has had. A true example of improvement and success that awaits a bright future.