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Mary Moore, of
Bakersfield, California, will testify that angels can be sent to
others. She posted her experience last year on
www.SpiritDaily.com, a site which reports spiritual news from
around the world. In the summer of 1999, Mary and her husband
and their four daughters, ages nine years through six months,
went to spend a fun-filled day at an amusement park. The park
was quite crowded, and since Mary was pushing a stroller, she
decided to keep the two littlest girls with her; the older two
could be with her husband, in case the family got separated.
The first part of
the day went well; everyone enjoyed lunch and decided what rides
they would choose for the afternoon. Somewhere around 2 pm, as
the park became more crowded, Mary lost sight of the other half
of the family. At the same time, Maya, her three-year-old, who
was walking next to the stroller, got her balloon tangled up
with another woman’s balloon. Scanning the crowd behind her for
her husband, Mary at first did not notice what was happening.
Then, for some reason she turned to look down at Maya—and her
heart seemed to stop. The woman with the balloon had casually
taken Maya’s hand and was walking away with her!
“My daughter’s
eyes grew very large as she looked back at me,” Mary said. “And
although I started praying immediately, it was as if everything
happened in slow motion.” Her husband was out of sight,
probably too far away to hear her call. She knew she could not
maneuver the heavy stroller across all the lines of people
without losing sight of Maya. But how could she leave the baby
here, alone and vulnerable to yet another kidnapper? Perhaps
there was more than one, and this was part of their plan…
There was no time
to think. “God, send protection for the baby,” Mary whispered.
She let go of the stroller, and plunged into the crowd. Maya
was almost out of sight by now, but Mary ran as fast as she
could, dodging, darting....there was her daughter, still
clutching her balloon, and looking bewildered. Mary raced up to
Maya and grabbed her away from the stranger. “The woman
muttered something about ‘taking her to see her father’,” Mary
said. “But I could not confront her, because I had to get back
to the stroller.” Holding Maya’s hand tightly in hers, Mary
again moved in and out of the throng. “Oh, angels, please…the
baby, the baby…” she prayed.
And yes, there
was her husband and her other two daughters, standing by the
stroller in amazement, the baby still strapped into the seat.
Mary almost wept. Both her little ones were safe! “I was so
shaken that I could not even remember what the woman looked
like,” Mary says. “I just held Maya’s hand so tightly, thanking
heaven for showing us such incredible mercy that day.” The
Moores decided unanimously to leave the park, and go home.
The next day,
Mary’s mother phoned. “Is everything all right, dear?” she
asked.
“Why yes, Mom,
why do you ask?” Mary hadn’t discussed the episode with anyone
else, and wasn’t sure she would. The memory was so frightening.
Mary’s mother
paused, then plunged ahead. “Yesterday afternoon about two
o’clock, I had such strong thoughts of you,” she said. “I knew
you were at the park, but something felt wrong, so I started
praying. I entrusted you to Mary and to the Holy Angels. Is
everything okay?”
Mary was getting
goosebumps. “It is now, Mom,” she said.
“I know my
mother’s prayers kept us together,” Mary says today. “She
entrusted us to our Blessed Mother. Mary asked holy angels to
watch over us. An angel alerted me when the women took my
daughter’s hand. An angel guarded Maya from being abducted.
And an angel watched over our infant while I had to leave her
alone.” Mary also prays for the woman who attempted to take
Maya. “I will never know her full intentions—but I do know that
God is good, and we praise Him always.”
Copyright 2004
Where Angels Walk website www.joanwanderson.com
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