A Stretch? Not For God!

About 3 weeks ago I received a call from a woman who was looking for help for her sister. She mentioned the OAKS Ministry and who gave her the contact so as she began her request for help I saw no reason why we could not help her. It was to be moving her disabled sister from an apartment to another which was to be about 3 to 4 blocks away. Sounded pretty simple to me! As she talked she mentioned that she herself was from Texas and then when she said that her sister lived in Oklahoma....well.... that certainly brought some difficulty into the picture. I asked if she new she was calling to a Wisconsin number. Her answer was that she new it was out of state but was not sure where and how large our Ministry was. We talked for a while and I left her with saying that I would try to do what I could and made no promise to her yet left her hopeful that God would have his hand in this.

My next call was to Sean Kelly at CTR. I explained the story and and he said that he would send out an email to the Church Staff to see if anyone had a connection in the Oklahoma area. I told him that I was going to call some of the churches in her area to see if they might lend a hand. It was about 2 days later that I received an email from Sean stating that he himself had a friend that would ask her church for help in the Oklahoma City area. As you may have already guessed, they indeed wanted to lend a hand.

There are many times when we want to do God's work in what we see as a just a little thing, Satan wants to stick his head into the mix. Well, this time was no different!
When I tried to contact the lady who called me to let her know that her sister would get the help needed, the message on her phone was that she was not accepting calls at this time. I did not know what part of Texas she was from so I thought she may have been in the area where Hurricane Dolly came ashore an service to the area may have been interrupted. That ended up not being the case. She was my only contact to the sister other than having an address which I needed to search for the churches in her area. It was several days that the same message came up during which I was getting messages from Scott Young Life Church, anxiously waiting to meet the lady and plan the move. I told the Pastor of the dilemma and it was decided that he would send a couple of ladies from his church to knock on her door to let her know they were willing to help. No one came to the door so they thought maybe she was either resting or out so they left a note in her door. As it turns out she was at home but when she looked through peep hole they were unfamiliar to her so she did not open her door to them. Who could blame her!

When Scott emailed with this news we again tried to call the sister. The same thing... not accepting calls! It was the next day, which now over a week and a half has passed by since the first contact, I was able to leave a message. When she called me back I was told that what had happened was that her cell phone had been stolen so she had to suspend the service until she got her new one.

She was so excited to hear that Life Church was going to lend her sister the help needed but.... her sister was apprehensively concerned about her things and if there would be any damage to her items, were they insured? Once she was able to invite them in to go over the moving plans, her fears were lifted. Yes! The moving date is planned for the 15Th-16Th of August!

We really serve a Great God! Always keep in mind that whenever we do things in His name... He will guide the path and open the road for whatever we need! Just Trust Him!