EMERGENCY: PLEASE PRAY FOR SAMUEL'S MOTHER

"He is my Samuel." she had told me as she drove me to the store. I had been down to Okinawa one of the weeks of visiting my sister Joyce, and one of the ladies in the church had taken me to the store to get necessary items. On the way, Yoneko told me of how her son Takashi was "her Samuel".

Yoneko, a medical nurse, was told she would never have a child. She, as Hannah in the Bible, told God she would give him to His service if He gave her a son. Yoneko's husband is an unbeliever. But to his amazement, she was given a child.

Yoneko is the one in the denim jumper in the front.

This child ended up becoming a Christian.  And, altho' he was a quiet boy, during my years in Okinawa, I saw him grow into a youth who unthinkingly, unhesitatingly followed what he felt was the voice of God. He first visited daily when my Dad was hospitalized then without human counsel, ended college studies to prepare to preach.

He is now the 33-yr-old pastor of our church; it is his wedding today; and Yoneko, given a beautiful voice, has been scheduled to do a solo in the program.

But Satan has not been sleeping. You heard my sister Joyce, who was in charge of the wedding music, had fever last week, and it got bad again after she got back to the island.

Yoneko also hasn't been feeling well the past few days. Would you pray our Mighty God give "our Samuel's mother" extra energy and focus to bring glory to His Name..(and perhaps her husband and "Samuel's father" to salvation)?

Meet Mami, the person who came into Takashi's life to be his helpmeet!