McKenna's Answered Prayers
I swear this girl is going to be the death of me.... though this time it wasn't really her fault.
She went for a walk with 2 friends this evening (well, they were on bikes, Kenna was on foot). They were around the block (on the street in back of us) and Kenna couldn't keep up with them so they took off and said they'd meet her at our house. Not really an unreasonable thing to say, but unfortunately Kenna doesn't know the neighborhood like these girls do and she got lost! The girls came back at around 7:20 to see if Kenna was back yet. She wasn't and it was quickly getting dark so I left all the lights on and the doors unlocked (Jay was on his way home from the K-State game), loaded up the boys and started looking for her. Fifteen minutes later, we're still looking and she's no where to be found. At this point, we've got 4 adults in vehicles and 3 teens on bikes looking for her and I'm having a hard time keeping it together. Ten minutes later and I'm at the end of my rope and am getting ready to call the cops. One of the moms drives up and says she is calling her friend who is on patrol... he tells her they've just gotten a call saying they have a lost little girl. I run in the house and there's a message on my machine... this lady calling to say that she found Kenna.
So she's home and she's safe, but she was terrified that she couldn't find her way home and that her friends had left her. But this... this is incredible to me! She said she was walking along crying and praying that God would help her find her way home. This lady, Loni, said she thought she heard her doorbell ring. When she went to answer it no one was there, but she could hear someone crying. She went out and saw Kenna on the sidewalk and brought her in! What an awesome example of God answering prayer!!
Oh, and even though she could've just walked through our rear neighbor's yard and across the alley when her friends left her, she ended up turning the wrong way and walked almost a mile north of us.
Obviously we are ever so thankful that Kenna is safe and back home with us. I honestly thought she was gone and that we might never see her again. I NEVER want to experience that feeling again.
She went for a walk with 2 friends this evening (well, they were on bikes, Kenna was on foot). They were around the block (on the street in back of us) and Kenna couldn't keep up with them so they took off and said they'd meet her at our house. Not really an unreasonable thing to say, but unfortunately Kenna doesn't know the neighborhood like these girls do and she got lost! The girls came back at around 7:20 to see if Kenna was back yet. She wasn't and it was quickly getting dark so I left all the lights on and the doors unlocked (Jay was on his way home from the K-State game), loaded up the boys and started looking for her. Fifteen minutes later, we're still looking and she's no where to be found. At this point, we've got 4 adults in vehicles and 3 teens on bikes looking for her and I'm having a hard time keeping it together. Ten minutes later and I'm at the end of my rope and am getting ready to call the cops. One of the moms drives up and says she is calling her friend who is on patrol... he tells her they've just gotten a call saying they have a lost little girl. I run in the house and there's a message on my machine... this lady calling to say that she found Kenna.
So she's home and she's safe, but she was terrified that she couldn't find her way home and that her friends had left her. But this... this is incredible to me! She said she was walking along crying and praying that God would help her find her way home. This lady, Loni, said she thought she heard her doorbell ring. When she went to answer it no one was there, but she could hear someone crying. She went out and saw Kenna on the sidewalk and brought her in! What an awesome example of God answering prayer!!
Oh, and even though she could've just walked through our rear neighbor's yard and across the alley when her friends left her, she ended up turning the wrong way and walked almost a mile north of us.
Obviously we are ever so thankful that Kenna is safe and back home with us. I honestly thought she was gone and that we might never see her again. I NEVER want to experience that feeling again.
posted by aimee at 11:50 PM
3 Comments:
OMG, how scary! I'm glad she is home safe and sound.
indeed - but what a wonderful testimony to prayer. Both the fact that Kenna immediately DID pray and that Loni, listened to the Holy Spirit prompt her and didn't ignore it :)
[[hugs]] to you all, that feeling of 'not knowing where your child is' truly is awful isn't it.
Alice,
mum to 4 M&M's, kids not candy!
I am so glad she was OK. That is scary.
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