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Yes! God
Still
Answers
Prayers
Maria D.
Acosta
This story
is a true
story as
told to me
by my
wonderful
mother who
has since
departed
this earth.
The year was
1967 and my
mother had
been
hospitalized
at Glendale
Adventist
Hospital for
four
months.
What started
out as a
simple
appendectomy
has turned
into an a
life
threatening
disease. My
mother's
diagnosis
was never
really
revealed to
her. The
doctors were
puzzled as
to why my
mother
developed an
infection in
her
abdominal
area. She
became
weaker &
weaker. She
was in and
out of
exploratory
surgeries
several
times. She
deteriorated
to 90 lbs
and the
doctors
informed my
father that
my mother
was going to
die.
My mother, a
staunch
Catholic
prayed and
prayed for a
miracle.
She did not
want to die
because she
still had 4
children
who still
needed her.
Then, one
night, my
mother said
that a young
man entered
her room.
She
described
him as a
dark Middle
Eastern
looking
man. He
came to the
side of her
bed and
asked her if
he could
pray for
her.
My mother
said, Yes,
of course.
The young
man reached
toward my
mothers
hands and
held them
firmly in
his own
hands. He
did not
utter one
single word,
but prayed
silently.
After he
finished
praying, the
only words
he told my
mother were
"You will be
alright" and
he quietly
left the
room.
That night,
my mother's
surgical
incisions
began
draining
with the
infection
that was in
her
abdominal
cavity. My
mother said
that the
nurses had
to change
her sheets
four or five
times. It
seems all of
the
infection
was being
spilled out
of my
mother. The
next
morning, my
mother said
that she
felt good
and was even
craving some
food. She
had not
eaten solids
in over four
months. The
doctors were
astounded at
her recovery
and she said
she even
made the
medical
journal.
I truly
believe that
the young
man was an
angel of God
who had come
to heal my
mother. I
truly
believe that
angels are
all around
us and are
sent to us
when we
truly need
them.
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