“Lederrick”

Reaching Out Ministries sent the following Miracle Story:

Lederrick came to the DFW area as a teenager to visit a sick relative. He got involved with the wrong group of people and ended up running away, living on the streets. His aunt left message after message on the streets for him to come home but he did not return. His mother died when he was a toddler and nobody knew for sure who his father might be. His grandmother had been raising him, but still without that parental involvement, he felt unloved and unwanted.

Lederrick heard on the streets that the “Star house”, a house of God, could help, so he came by just asking for prayer. He was searching for safety and guidance as he attempted to get home. He received a meal, clean clothing and a bus ticket home to Texarkana.

Lederrick’s grandmother had been praying for two years for his safe return and freedom from drugs. Lederrick had been dabbling in soft drugs in Texarkana, and got involved with much worse in the DFW area. He returned drug free.

Another miracle is the impact this story has had on another person. Floyd was asked to encourage and support Lederrick during his 5 hour wait at the Dallas bus station before his bus would leave. The bus station is a very bad area and the station itself is filled with drug dealers who are on the prowl. Lederrick would have been a target. Floyd became personally involved in this boy’s welfare and trials. Floyd is the person who received the phone call from his grandmother and heard her tears of graditude and joy in response to her answered prayers with the return of her child.

Although Floyd is a believer, it is not always easy to see the Lord’s work in your own life. It is so much easier to take the credit for yourself. To see answered prayer in the lives of two other persons has radically affected Floyd’s life and his perspective on the mercy of God and personal prayer life. Sometimes the answer is immediate, other times we must wait and be patient.