Hope Series #2 - Native Hope
Fiji, a beautiful group of 300 islands in the South Pacific ocean, is a country that has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world at 50%. A young 18 year old Fijian native, Mosese, has a great desire to marry his high school sweetheart. But, because Mosese is without a job, her family has denied him the chance to take her as his wife. All of that changes when Mosese finds a lost American tennis coach in the interior jungle near his hut. God's peace envelops the coach as the young native chases after her along a well-worn path; she interiorly understands that this meeting is not by chance, but directed by God. Mosese's life is forever changed when he finally believes what this tennis coach has said: God has told her what he needs to do to gain employment.
Update: Fiji culture is much different than any other culture due to the country's history in gaining independence from Great Britain. I am researching the roots of this culture so that my readers can understand the decisions Mosese made in his struggles.
Update: Fiji culture is much different than any other culture due to the country's history in gaining independence from Great Britain. I am researching the roots of this culture so that my readers can understand the decisions Mosese made in his struggles.
Hope Series #1 - The Great Black Hope
Tony is an African-American high school student and stand-out high school football player on track to participate in college football and, possibly, the NFL. Tony and his older brother learned the social dynamics of surviving on the inner city streets , while fostering their love for football. Then, when his brother and best friend goes away to college on a football scholarship, Tony finds himself alone. He falls into a deep, life threatening depression when faced with the fact that he is illiterate ; he may never graduate from high school and realize his dream of a career in the NFL. Follow Tony's plight from utter despair to a life full of hope and personal victories when he asks a Science teacher to teach him to read. God challenges the teacher to choose: Tony's life or her career. She chooses Tony's life and many miraculous occurrences intercede in Tony's life to pave the way to his victory!
Story #3 - A Mother’s Life Wish for Her Daughter
Elise is a playful 7 year old and is testing out her new skills of riding a bicycle on her driveway. She offers to retrieve the mail from the mailbox for her father, successfully navigates the steep incline of the driveway to the mailbox and returns with mail in hand by the same path. The bicycle begins to vibrate uncontrollably as she careens down the steep incline! Unable to correct her course, Elise crashes into a concrete pylon and is knocked unconscious. Rushed to the hospital, Elise is diagnosed with a subdermal hematoma that persistently bleeds. Her mother begs God, with wretched heart, for her daughter's healing. Experience the mercy of God towards mothers in pain, as they pray for their children!
Story #4 - Reversing Time
Kim is on the tennis court ready to play a formidable match with her opponent. She gazes over casually to the adjacent courts at the other players as she retrieves some tennis balls. Suddenly, Kim hears the voice of God, " She is a Christian". The message is so profound that she cannot forget it and gazes intently at the player on the other court of whom the Lord has spoken. She recognizes her! The player is a long lost friend. After the match, the two tennis players meet for lunch and Kim witnesses a disturbing miraculous occurence of the aging process reversed in her old friend. Is this a modern fountain of youth story? No, it is a story of God's unusual signs for His people!
Story #5 - An Old Dog is Found
Molly is one of three Golden Retriever dogs that the family possesses. She is the matriarch of the brood at 12 years of age and the mother and grandmother of the other two dogs. She sets the example for the rest! Every morning, Molly leads the pack to the surrounding 50 acres of property for a morning stroll and investigation of what's new in the 'neighborhood'. One day, Molly does not return with the pack and is in a very weakened condition due to recent abdominal surgery. The dogs' owner frantically searched for Molly. A winter storm began to brew bringing light snowfall to the area. "Lord, let her die underneath her master's hand", the woman prays at Mass after abandoning her long search for her beloved dog. Learn how God directs Molly's owner to the exact site where Molly lies, curled up for warmth and covered with snow.
Story #6 - A Jewish Woman's Last Wish
Rachel, a 30 year old Jewish woman and mother of three children, was beautiful. Her long blonde tresses and runway model physique turned heads wherever she went. Yet, a demon was growing inside her: breast cancer. Diagnosed as terminally ill, she carried her suffering with courage. Yet, her own mother, Mira, suffered terribly. Rachel was her only child! Through her agony, Mira begs God to send a Christian healer. Meanwhile, a store owner of a local boutique,where Rachel frequently shopped, began receiving this messsage from God, " What about Rachel?" "What about Rachel?" The store owner happens to be a Christian healer! See how the kindness of God allows Rachel to satisfy her yearning to learn about the Christian faith right before she dies.
Story #7 - Miracle of the Sun:a Taste of Heaven
In 1917, 70,000 people witnessed a Miracle in a little village called Fatima in the country of Portugal. The Virgin Mary appeared to three peasant children to deliver prophetic messages of a world gone awry. As word spread of the appearance of Mary, people from all over Portugal descended upon the tiny village to witness a promised miracle that Mary said she would give as a sign from God of the authenticity of her warnings. The miracle is now called The Miracle of the Sun and people today still witness the same phenomenon! Learn how a young mother and her daughter experience the descent of heaven upon the earth and the changed flora all about them. Upon completion of experiencing this portal of heaven, the mother and child see the Miracle of the Sun! Today, the mother still sees this heavenly miracle after 20 years of its first manifestation!
Story #8 - My Angel Can Make a Wreath of Flowers
Angels, helpers of God, inhabit the invisible spiritual realm. However, sometimes they make themselves visible! A college student, Constance, worked for a full year as a secretary in order to save money for college. When she enters college the following year, she has a hard time matriculating into college academics. One day, she collapses in the campus courtyard in tears after walking out of an English poetry final exam. As she questions her survival of college demands, Constance senses a presence near her. After conversing for some time with a handsome young man with flawless skin and hair, she realizes this is no ordinary person!
Story #9 - A Rosary Stops the Bleeding
Ben's family medical history is a concern to his family. His father and several brothers died in their late 50's. Heart disease or cancer claimed them all. Now Ben, in his 70's had beaten the odds! Yet, soon he was diagnosed with blocked arteries in his heart and required by-pass surgery. Although the surgery was successful, Ben's heart would not stop bleeding! Units of blood were being pumped back into his body to keep him alive in the intensive care unit. As his wife and children waited in the adjacent room, resigned to the probability that their husband and father would be leaving this world soon, his daughter boldly asks the nurse to see him. Learn how the prayers of the Rosary have the power to heal and answer the plea of those who ask God for healing miracles!
Story #10- Father of Three and Rounding for Home
Bernie,barely 40 years old, is the father of three adventurous boys. But, one might as well say they are a group of FOUR adventurous boys because Bernie participates fully in all their adventures! Not only does he coach their golf, basketball and track teams, but he also plays a competitive game of paintball! Bernie also has an artificial heart valve due to an enlarged heart. Yet, he didn't let this stop him from enjoying his family.....until one day his big heart began fribillating while playing baseball at a family picnic. Experience a modern-day Lazarus miracle when the prayers of his son and sister bring Bernie back to life.
#11- Eduardo
Eduardo is one of many troubled youths inhabiting all urban cities. The son of a cocaine addicted mother, he fights to survive on a daily basis. At the tender age of 7, Eduardo witnesses the beating of his mother by one of her lovers. Eduardo is traumatized by the experience. It overshadows everything. Fast forward to high school and Eduardo is now a young man, his mother is drug-free and she has a stable marriage. Yet, Eduardo struggles with the past and his mother's new husband. One night, his teacher is awakened by God, "Eduardo needs your prayers tonight !" Learn how God does not forsake the downtrodden and uses His servants to rescue them from despair!
Story #12- The Powers of Nature Belong to You
It is beautiful spring day with not a cloud in the sky! A homeowner is busy readying her house for an appraisal in order to refinance the mortgage in her name. It is an important step in her life and the house must be presentable! The heavy rains and warm spring air have caused all the greenery about the house to grow wildly. She works all day trimming, raking and weeding. Full of exhaustion, she gazes at the piles of leaves she has just raked out of the bushes from last autumn. Learn how she calls upon the power of God to help her finish her labors!
Story #13- "I Declare War Upon You Satan!" - A Poltergeist Experience
A teacher works late in her classroom setting up the lab experiments for the next day. She contemplates the plight of her inner city students and laments to God about the horrible life situations her students face each day. Finally, she declares aloud ,in a passionate love for her students, " I declare war upon you, Satan!". Find out what follows as Satan tries to frighten the teacher in order to force her to retract her pledge.