Thursday night a couple of us have been going to a pray meeting to pray for the city of Stockton. In the meeting God spoke to me and said the enemy has been using different tactics each week to see what will shut down the Friday Free Grocery give away. My first thought was "Oh no what will he try tomorrow"
Friday comes and there was a gentleman sitting by our 600-700lb gate that opens up to our parking lot where we have the give away at. The gate is on two tracks one upper and one on the ground. The gate came off the both tracks and fell on the man. As soon as it did the Lord reminded me what He had said the night before about the enemy trying to shut us down.
A group of people got the gate off of him. I went over and found that Mr. J only speaks spanish. I asked one of our volunteers to inturpret for me. "Where does he hurt" Mr. J said his back. So I prayed for his back. "Where else does he hurt." He said his head. I prayed for his head. The paramedics came. I ran into the warehouse and called the first to people that came to my mind. Then I went to my knees and asked God what to do. God said "Everything is going to be fine and go out there you are needed" I felt peace that surpassed all understanding for the rest of the day. I went back out and asked our volunteer to pray for his wife in spanish as she was led and I would pray in english.
Our volunteer said she felt she needed to go with them to the hospital. She went and text us through out the day giving us updates. By 3 Mr. J was out of the hospital and the x-rays showed there was no damage done. The doctors gave him medicine to help with the pain.
That night as I was praying about what had happened the Lord told me "If it had not been for me (God) and my angels taking the impact he could have died."
Joel looked at the gate that had fallen and there is no way it should have. It was the enemy and the enemy alone that did this.
Mr. J. is still in pain but he also had a work related accident that hurt his back and neck prior to the gate falling on him. We are praying that God will restore him to be better than he was before.
God is truly gracious. He doesn't allow anything for our demise and He will get the glory out of this situation. Mr. J and his wife came back on Friday and thanked us for our prayers. They were telling us they believe if it had not been for our prayers Mr. J would have been injured badly and not just walk away with pain. Mr. J wants to start coming to bible study and receive more prayer.
Sincerely,
Dess
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