Oh Lord.. You heard our cries.

I don't think I can type anything that will do this story justice, but I hope you can sense my emotion as I write.

I remember my specific prayer this morning in prayer time at the mission. I prayed out loud ...

"Lord, I pray for the Hernandez family. I feel like I've lost all hope for them, but I know you are asking me to to pray without ceasing. So I will pray fervently and I won't give up because I can feel deep down you are at work, even at this very moment."

I have prayed without ceasing for 7 months now. I've prayed for the Lord to bring their entire family back so that they can go to school here and get a good education. I drive by their house every morning on my way to work and look for their suburban in the driveway. I've posted blogs about updates, but nothing has changed. They haven't shown up. So I confess that when the Lord called me to continue to pray on their behalf, I did it only out of obedience, not out of belief. I have been worn out with prayer about this.

After my prayer this morning I went on with my day. Our after-school program for the middle school/high school started around 2:30 and I was tired and a little bit cranky so I stayed upstairs away from the normal craziness and just played pool with one of the kids. Around 4:00 I heard screaming downstairs and, as always, I assumed there was a fight. BUT, when I went downstairs I was not prepared for what I would see. Standing in the front door were Osvaldo, Lorena and Jose Javier with huge grins on their faces. For those of you who know me, I rarely cry, but I was completely overcome with emotion and started shaking and sobbing. As I hugged each of them I'm pretty sure they thought I was never going to let go. Even typing this, I've got tears running down my face. I am AMAZED and overwhelmed at the Lord's goodness and faithfulness.

I don't really know what else to say but this, if you are praying to the Lord for a healing or miracle then just keep on praying. Pray without ceasing, because the Lord hears your cries and He is faithful to those who earnestly seek Him.



" In my distress I called to the LORD;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears."
-Psalm 18:6-