The Power of Prayer

I am sure most, if not all of you have heard Lindo's story. She's a little girl that stole my heart away during my first trip to Swaziland. Just a little background info for those of you who don't know...

Lindo's mother died right after she was born of AIDS. She lived with her gogo and three aunties in a mud and stick home. Her gogo is mentally handicaped and unable to find work. Lindo would go days and days without eating. It was assumed that she was positive for HIV because her mother was positive and she was constantly getting sick. Every night as I settled into my comfortable bed I would think of Lindo. When it rained, her house (the size of a small bathroom) would get flooded with water. How could I be so lucky and this beautiful little girl have it so hard?

Her gogo asked if I could keep Lindo; take her as my own. Imagine raising your child for seven years and then giving her away to a family "better suited" to raise her. She knew that she could not provide for Lindo the way Lindo needed, so she would give her up to have the opporutnity to have a better life. Needless to say, I could not take Lindo but I prayed and prayed that Lindo would find a new home,

This is Lindo today. After years of prayer, Lindo is a new home. SOS Children Orphange has taken Lindo into their program. She now lives in a house with seven other children with a house mom. She recieves a meal morning, noon and night. She is safe, happy and healthy! (Oh yeah I forgot to say, I believe the Lord healed Lindo of HIV. Although we never knew for sure that she was positive, we got her tested Nov 08 and her results were negative. Praise God!!)

God answers prayer. God hears our cries. He knows our heartache.

Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."

I will cling to this promise. I will find hope in this Truth.

Thank you God for listening and answering my prayers. Thank you for your promise. I trust in your plan even when I don't understand. Thank you for taking care of your children.