I have come to learn over the years, especially since the early 1990’s, that a phone call can change your day, your attitude, focus and even your destiny. I have taught that fact over the years and it was once again true during the time of deployment in Newton. One morning, not a phone call, but a knock at the door changed the direction of our day. We were waiting on a new team member to arrive when the knock on the door took place. We answered the knock with a come in! When the door opened it was not the team member we were waiting on, but a man with a big black German Shepherd. He told us he had been watching us and knew we were in town assisting people who needed help. He said, “I have a friend who is a Navy Veteran and had a stroke last year. He had several large trees come down across his driveway that broke the transformer pole at the street and tore the weather head from his house. He has been without electricity for 14 days and cannot be reconnected until trees are removed and weather head is repaired. Is there anything you can do to help?” As you can imagine, this became a priority! We traveled to the house to find two very large trees across the driveway and extending over the street. This was a very interesting job that required some special skills. Because God is all knowing and the God who provides there was a member on the team who once owned a tree service. This team member took charge and began safely and methodically removing the portion of the tree extending over the road. After lunch the team returned to continue the work. Mid-afternoon the Navy Vet drove up and discovered a large portion of the tree removed. He was elated and began to express his appreciation. By the end of the day the trees were cut and stacked by the road for the city to haul away. As the team prayed with the gentleman, he said, Ya’ll are literally and answer to prayer! Yesterday, I prayed and said, ‘God, I don’t know what to do, will you help me? See, you are an answer to prayer!” The next time the phone rings or there is a knock on the door, don’t see it as an interruption, it just might be God inviting you to participate with Him in being an answer to prayer! We as a ministry are continuing to follow up with this gentleman. We are now two weeks beyond the tree being removed and there is still no electricity to the house. The gentleman does not presently have the financial resources to repair his weather head and the electric company has not reset the transformer and the pole. Please be in prayer for this need to be met!