Power of Prayer

FALL and some lady in her car! LOL

       This week Hermana Player, Hermana Justiniano, Hermana Costilla (These are the Hermana's that live in the same apartment as me.) and I all saw an amazing miracle. It was Thanksgiving and we were all eating lunch in the apartment and I decided to check the phone. We had two missed calls from a former investigator. Immediately we called. She explained to us that she had found a young mother with three kids who had run away from home because her husband had been hitting her. She had three young children with her. This mother wanted to be dropped off two hours away in a town (I do not recall the name) because she used to live there. Her plan there was to go knocking door-to-door looking for someone she knew. We could not let that happen, she needed somewhere to stay, especially with three young children. 

       The former investigator had been calling around because she didn't know what to do for the women. She wasn't able to house her because she was supposed to be leaving town.  She knew we loved helping and doing service and so she called us. Immediately we got to work. We started by calling the Branch president and after a while we started trying to contact shelters. We called one in San Louis Obispo, which was the first to answer their phone. After giving some information they took our number and told us they would call back. As we waited we decided to pray. We asked for help in finding a place for this family to stay. After we prayed we received a call and they sadly didn't have enough room but they gave us the emergency number to a shelter closer to us in Paso Robles. We had tried this shelter before but not this specific number. 

       So we called this emergency number and gave them some information again on the situation. They then said they would call back. We waited and when they called us back they told us that a room had just opened up five minutes ago. Five minutes ago! The same time we had prayed for help. We had asked for help and we received it! 

        I know that the power of prayer is real. When we ask sincerely, knowing that Heavenly Father will help us, we will receive the help we need. Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us and wants to help. We just have to be willing to ask for his help, opening the door for him to be with us. 

       I love and miss each and every one of you and cannot wait to see you again! Keep in touch!

Love, 

Hermana Gilchrist