She is introduced as Miss Julie. You don’t use
last names when you are homeless and running. She rode a bus to a southern city with one suitcase and a few dollars.
"On arrival I was directed to a shelter
for abused women and given a meal. The next morning I went looking for
employment.
“I found a
restaurant within walking distance of the shelter. I was hired to wait on
tables and within a couple of weeks I had enough tips to rent a small
apartment.
"What I
really needed was a car to go on interviews and find a better job. So I prayed
very specifically for a four-door Camry so I could take people to church with me on
Sunday.
"I
added boldly, 'Lord make it a clean
beige or brown Camry.' I had a car like that once."
“A few days
later I received a call from the director of an organization called Gifts from
God. a caring group that provides donated used cars to needy people. They had
heard of my plight and called to say they had a car for me.
“When I
arrived to pickup my car I was told the donor had taken it to a car wash.
A few minutes later a car entered the parking
lot and I knew it was for me and was truly a gift from God. It was a sparkling
clean beige four-door Camry.”
Julie
Philadelphia,
Pa.
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