He cares even for a phone call!

As I was having dinner with my parents in-law and my brother in-law without my husband who was travelling on a business trip to Russia, my ninety years old Father in-law kept sighing over dinner, looking concerned and worried. As his memory and mental capability decline due to old age, through out the entire two hour dinner, he kept asking me if his son was safe. Then he would eat for another ten minutes and asked me again. Such burden of worrying about his son in an unknown place was so obviously heavy in his heart.

I know that my husband's cell phone was working in Russia. I waited till nine o'clock (evening) and then tried calling him, whose local time was six in the morning.  For whatever the reasons, the call did not go through. It was either blocked by some Russian operator who said things that I could not understand, or an operator with a British accent told me that my call did not get through. I was a little disappointed. I kept calling for over ten times.

Seeing my Father in-law's face going from full of expectation to downcast, I prayed to the Lord, "Lord, have mercy and compassion on my Father in-law. May you show your glory to my mother in-law and my brother in-law who do not know you in a manner that they cannot deny that you are real."

My phone's battery was down to fifteen percent. So by faith, I decided to try one more time after my prayer.  Viola! It got through immediately! I was so overjoyed and told all my in-laws that I prayed and the Lord answered my prayer.

My Father in-law was so overwhelmed with excitement to be able to talk to his son in Russia just like a local call. He found it unbelievable. But most importantly, he felt so relieved after hearing his son's voice and was able to talk to him. My Mother in-law also got a chance to talk too.

We left the restaurant with all of us filled with joy, and my Father in-law kept talking to himself on the way out of the restaurant, "He is real, He is real!"

This is my testimony of Christ's love, the way I experienced it on December 14rh, 2012.