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Miracle...Power of prayer (Jordans Room) Do you believe in the Power?

Submitted by Mrmonopoly on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 19:51.

Vital Stats

 08/02/1996
Money Raised: Over 5,000 and enough dontaions to build the Dorm

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Jordan's Room was formed almost 11 years ago, with the loss of our daughter Jordan Ashley Dalton. Her age 11 years 5 months and 11 days here on earth. Jordan, at 10 1/2 had a chance to go to Guatemala, with Pat Robertson and his tours and she came home with a story that she couldn't get out of her young mind. She had met 150 little girls who were living in the mountains in tin shacks with no running water, electricity, no bathroom facilities or plumbing and all had lice in there hair. The Good news, was that these little girls life expectancy is 7 years longer in the mountains, than the children who live and die in the Guatemala dumps.After developing and sharing her pictures she said "Dad you make a lot of money why can't we help out all my new friends. I said, "we don't make that kind of money to help that many in need", but that we could maybe buy a few presents to send them. She looked at me and said "someday Dad" I'm going to help out all of my new friends. I told her I thought that was a great goal and didn't think to much more about the conversation. Within about 8 months, I found my precious daughter passed out dead on my bedroom floor from a brain aneurysm, and tried to save her for 45 minutes to no avail. During the funeral viewings, the Funeral Director came up to me and said that they had never seen so many flowers and had no place to put them and that the local flower companies had run out of flowers due to everybody's kindness. We asked in lieu of flowers, that they could make a donation to Perimeter Church Duluth Ga. and Dr. Alb, who traveled to the orphanage once a month to check on the little girls. We raised over $ 5,000 dollars and I thanked God for that my little babies prayers were finally answered. She could now help out all her new friends. I now really believed in the power of Prayer. Was I ever WRONG! The power of prayer hadn't stopped in Georgia, it was just starting although, I wasn't aware of the Miracle that was happening. I was working late about 6 months after our loss and the phone rang, it was my Father, he said, are you sitting down I said yes, he said there is a Church in Alabama, who had heard of Jordan's passing and a deacon there who was in the building business said he had many building materials and that he had other friends who also were willing to donate materials and within 2 months they had 7 container loads of building materials on there way to Guatemala and even the First Lady got involved and passed the containers right through customs. With out our knowledge they built a 150 room dormitory with running water, beds for all 150 girls and electricity and christened the dorm Jordan's Room. It has been 11 years and I haven't been able to see it yet, but I know there is much more help needed. If you don't believe in the Power Of Prayer, I hope this touches you to help continue Jordan's Dream.

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