Hiyaz.. got this story from an e-mail... i think its reallie nice.. it may be long.. but its worth the reading...

"Before they call, I will answer!" Isaiah 65:24

This story was written by a doctor who worked in South Africa.

One night, I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward;
but in spite of all we could do she died leaving us with a tiny premature
baby and a crying two-year-old daughter.

We would have difficulty keeping the baby alive, as we had no incubator.
(We had no electricity to run an incubator.) We also had no special
feeding facilities. Although we lived on the equator, nights were often
chilly with treacherous drafts.

One student midwife went for the box we had for such babies and the
cotton wool the baby would be wrapped in. Another went to stoke up
the fire and fill a hot water bottle. She came back shortly in distress
to tell me that in filling the bottle, it had burst.
Rubber perishes easily in tropical climates. "And it is our last hot water bottle!" she exclaimed.

As in the West it is no good crying over spilled milk, so in Central
Africa it might be considered no good crying over burst water bottles.
They do not grow on trees, and there are no drugstores down forest
pathways.

All right," I said, "put the baby as near the fire as you safely can, and sleep between the baby and the door to keep it free from
drafts. "Your job is to keep the baby warm."

The following noon, as I did most days, I went to have prayers with any
of
the orphanage children who chose to gather with me. I gave the youngsters
various suggestions of things to pray about and told them about the tiny
baby. I explained our problem about keeping the baby warm enough,
mentioning the hot water bottle. The baby could so easily die if it got
chills. I also told them of the two-year-old sister, crying because her
mother had died. During the prayer time, one ten-year-old girl, Ruth,
prayed with the usual blunt conciseness of our African children. "Please,
God," she prayed, "send us a water bottle. It'll be no good tomorrow,
God,
as the baby will be dead, so please send it this afternoon."

While I gasped inwardly at the audacity of the prayer, she added by
way of a corollary, "And while You are about it, would You please
send a dolly for the little girl so she'll know You really love her?"

As often with children's prayers, I was put on the spot. Could I
honestly say, "Amen?" ! I just did not believe that God could do
this.

Oh, yes, I know that He can do everything. The Bible says so. But
there are limits, aren't there? The only way God could answer this
particular prayer would be by sending me a parcel from the homeland.

I had been in Africa for almost four years at that time, and I had
never, ever received a parcel from home. Anyway, if anyone did send
me a parcel, who would put in a hot water bottle? I lived on the
equator!

Halfway through the afternoon, while I was teaching in the nurses'
training school, a message was sent that there was a car at my front
door.
By the time I reached home, the car had gone, but there, on the verandah,
was a large twenty-two pound parcel. I felt tears
pricking my eyes. I could not open the parcel alone, so I sent for
the orphanage children. Together we pulled off the string, carefully
undoing each knot.

We folded the paper, taking care not to tear it unduly. Excitement
was mounting. Some thirty or forty pairs of eyes were focused on the
large
cardboard box. From the top, I lifted out brightly colored, knitted
jerseys. Eyes sparkled as I gave them out. Then there were the knitted
bandages for the leprosy patients, and the children looked a little
bored.

Then came a box of mixed raisins and sultanas-that would make a
batch of buns for the weekend. Then, as I put my hand in again, I
felt the.....could it really be? I grasped it and pulled it out -- yes, a
brand-new, rubber hot water bottle. I cried.


I had not asked God to send it; I had not truly believed that He
could. Ruth was in the front row of, the children. She rushed forward,
crying out, "If God has sent the bottle, He must have sent the dolly,
too!"

Rummaging down to the bottom of the box, she pulled out the small,
beautifully dressed dolly. Her eyes shone! She had never doubted!
Looking up at me, she asked: "Can I go over with you, Mummy, and
give this dolly to that little girl, so she'll know that Jesus
really loves her?" That parcel had been on the way for five whole
months. Packed up by my former Sunday school class, whose leader had
heard
and obeyed God's prompting to send a hot water bottle, even to the
equator.

And one of the girls had put in a dolly for an African child-five months
before -- in answer to the believing prayer of ten-year-old to bring it
"that afternoon."

"Before they call, I will answer!" Isaiah 65:24
Please share this amazing story with as many others as you can.

Our God really IS . . . AN AWESOME GOD! 1 minute prayer.
This awesome prayer takes less than a minute. When you receive this, say
the prayer. That's all you have to do. There is nothing
attached. This is powerful. Just send it on to whomever you want -
but do send it on.......please! Prayer is one of the best free gifts we
receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue praying
for one another.

Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this right now. I am
asking You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is
self doubting, release a renewed confidence in Your ability to work
through them.

Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I ask You to give them
understanding, guidance, and strength as they learn submission to
Your leading.

Where there is spiritual stagnation, I ask You to renew them by
revealing Your nearness, and by drawing them into greater intimacy
with You.
Where there is fear, reveal Your love, and release to them Your courage.
Where there is a sin blocking them, reveal it, and break
its hold over my friend's life.
Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up leadersand
friends to support and encourage them.
Give each of them discernment to recognize the evil forces around them,
and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat it. I ask You to
do these things in Jesus' name.

P.S. Passing this on to anyone you consider a friend will bless you
both. Passing this on to one not considered a friend is something Christ
would do.

Have a Nice Day! (",)

haloz..
itz been a pretty good week.. truly.. God is working in my life..

yepz.. i can't rembr all the details of the week.. so juz some highlights....

yest. went to mr amos's hse for bs... it was reallie great.. n somewhat intense.. bt.. it does show tt God is very real..

the bible is the promise, what's happening in the world is the fulfillment..

yepz.. n den.. this week.. i haf decided to tt i reallie reallie want to start a proper worship ministry for bb10coy... yepz.. i realli want to do it.. i will try whatever i can.. n pray tt god helps.. i noe god will.. if it is a good thing.. proper worship for us will bring help the boys experience god.. n hopefully they shall be saved? n it would reallie be nice for us to sing proper songs n stuff... everything would be so great n nice.. god pls help...

and if anione can help me.. do tell me ok?? i would reallie appreciate it... i m totally clueless too... i guess the goal is to play for bb camp end of this yr.. yeaz....

you do not have, because you do not ask..