The Power of Prayers! My Son's Friend Michael Cut Finger And His New Dad!

No. 56-04

Septemper 8,2022

Today is the feast of The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and my daughter attended the mass this morning at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church where she is studying. Happy Feast Day Mama Mary. May you continue to intervene and pray for us.

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Anyway , I want to introduce to you my son's new found friend "Michael or Putol" as we fondly called him. Michael is 7 years old and his mother died last year during the heights of the pandemic. They are 7 siblings and he's the 5th . Life is not easy for them as i see his siblings regularly buying some stuff from our store barefooted and with dirty shaggy clothes on.

Just about 2 months ago when i started to see him and his siblings roaming around until i found out that their father is currently working in a farm nearby own by my husband's cousin. The farm is located near our place so i got to see them everyday. We are selling " Ukay -Ukay" before and there are lots of stocks that we haven't sell yet coz we stop on our live selling. We sorted the things that are good stocks and gave some to them. Clothes and some slippers for his siblings too.

I also gave them extra candies or bread whenever they are buying from our store. His older brothers and sisters ages 14 below are also working in the farm. They are not attending school.

Michael or Putol is a ver jolly kid. Despite their difficulties , you could see him smiling everytime he pass by to our store. He's a bit short for his age due to reasons we all know i guess, lack of nutrients. Since my son was going to school face to face last month of June and July, they have'nt met yet during those time. Just last month that my son got to see and know him.

It was saddening that while my son was going to school then , i was seeing Michael and his siblings roaming around with mud on their shirts and feet. I found out that they are digging the vacant lot beside the road for a scrap metals to sell. A dump truck was dumping loads of soil and rocks from roads construction in a vacant lot beside the road. They were able to collect a few kilos of metal and sell them to buy food for lunch or dinner.They are doing it for some quite time already.

Days passed that i was'nt seeing him. Until one day Michael bought a candy from our store barefooted . I scolded him and asked where the slippers i gave him coz the road is too hot to walk barefooted. He scratched his head , smile and say " madudumihan po kasi eh" ( it will get dirty ) And his hand caught my attention coz it was wrapped in a cloth. I asked him why his hands are wrapped. He told me that his finger was cut! I was horrified and asked him if it's ok to see his hands. To my shock , it's true that his finger was cut. His right hand was stucked in between large rocks while they are collecting scrap metals and the tip of his ring finger was crushed and literally fell off as per his story was.

Goodness , as a mother i felt pity for the child. Are you okay? I asked, then he just nod. I gave him some snack and he hurriedly went away coz his brothers are calling him already. The child went through the pain for weeks until it was healed on it's own. He was not seen by a doctor even once. Aaaaah , what a pity. I used to tell him " akin ka na lang bhe, ampunin na lang kita" ( if you like it i will adopt you and be my son ) and he would just smile at me. If only i could do more than giving them food. My heart really ache for them coz they are nice kids and deserve a family that could feed and takes care of them.

That's the reason why they call Michael , Putol recently. Putol means disjointed or cut off in english. Going back to him meeting my son. He went to our store one day and my son was playing inside it. I was in the kitchen and as i heard someone shouting "pabili po!" i know already that it was Michael. I heard my son talking to him . I was delighted seeing them talking and laughing at first meet. I heard them introducing themselves and days went by and they became friends.

My son told me once that he's waiting for his "pare" a term used for a close guy friend meaning "brother". So i asked who is his "pare" then it turns out to be Michael. Then when Michael arrives they would go outside then talk and play. I am glad that my son also sees him as a good boy and he even asked Michael to eat lunch with us.

We included them in our prayers. For i can't do much for him. I was asking God to protect them always and somehow wished to give me enough means so i could help them more.

Just two weeks ago , i heard Michael bidding goodbye to my son. He says that the business partner of his fathers boss in the farm would like to adopt him. I got to meet the old man whose going to adopt him coz Michael bring him to our store and introduced me and my son to his new father which is "Sir Gerry". He seems to be a good man and i was happy knowing that Michael is in good hands and will be taken care of this time. I asked him to have a souvenir picture with my son coz they wont gonna see each other often now coz he will live at Sir Gerry's place in Pampanga soon.

My prayer was answered atleast. I may not have the means to take care of Michael but God is so good he sent somebody capable of doing it. See how prayer works! How important it is your prayer to someone who are in need. The power of prayer is really great it can do miracles.

Just last Sunday , Sir Gerry and Michael visited the farm and also my son . I was really happy seeing him happy , clean and gained a bit of weight. Before they left again he bid goodbye again to his "pare" my son and promised to visit again next week.

Do pray for somebody it will surely be heard by above. It can do wonders we cannot and can change somebody's life for good in an instant.

Thank you for the read. For my sponsors from the past and until now as always " Salamat ng Marami!"

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