“God Hears the Cries of the Poor”

It’s easy to doubt that your prayers and efforts are making a difference. But sometimes God allows us to see the fruits of our labors here on earth, as is the case with the story of “Victor” and “Ronda”. After years of struggling, they finally got out of homelessness, addiction, and into the Catholic Church!

The following report comes to us from team leader Nancy with our team in Gaithersburg, MD:

I love the passage from Hebrews 10:23 – “Let us hold unswervingly to this hope that we profess, because he who promised is faithful.” It’s a perfect summation of his care for the couple we re-encountered recently.

I met this lovely couple five years ago when I first started attending the Gaithersburg Chapter, “Victor” and “Ronda”. They were homeless and very much in need of prayer. I kept seeing them over the years and continued to pray with them and for them for their housing situation and addictions. Ronda had mentioned to me that she was in need of new clothes as some people had stolen hers. Many people were very generous and we compiled some very nice things for her. Since Covid hit I haven’t seen them for quite a while. I saw them for the first time however today and was overjoyed to hear how they were doing. God answered our prayers over these long years. They not only have their housing situation solved, but Victor is free from his addiction to alcohol and their children are receiving their first Holy Communion at the nearby Catholic Church. I thank God for answering our prayers. His faithfulness and love endures forever!

Praised be Jesus Christ!