Today's witness is my friend Rosa. She is a great friend, and she is the one who reads the Spanish version of this podcast. She lives in FL and recently took a trip to Rhode Island to visit her mother. She shares her testimony of how God worked things out for her and her family while they were traveling home. Things did not look very good, but she never gave up hope, and she never stopped praying! God is so good!! I can't wait to share this with you. Take it away, Rosa! We have all seen God working in our lives, even if we didn’t recognize it at the time. That’s why sharing our stories matters. When we talk about what God has done, we help others see how He is moving in their lives, too. If you feel called to share a testimony of how God has worked—or is working—in your life, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at catherine@findingtruenorthcoaching.com or click the link in the show notes. It won’t take much of your time, and your story may be exactly what someone needs to hear today. Consider praying about it and sharing your story. God is moving in all of our lives, and these testimonies help remind us that we are never walking alone. Music: "Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rosa's Plane Trip
Witness Wednesday, Rosa's plane trip. So as you all know, I had to go to Rhode Island because my mom had two strokes and my flight back was on Monday, March 2nd. My brother, who also lives in Florida, was in New Jersey at the time because of my niece's cheerleading competition.
So my brother decided to rent a vehicle and go all the way to Rhode Island to surprise my mom, which he did. And it was such a beautiful surprise. So I decided to take the ride back with him back to Philadelphia and travel from Philadelphia to Orlando versus from Rhode Island to Orlando.
On our way, we received a first email stating that our flight was going to be delayed until 8.13. Our flight was originally at 7.46. So we didn't think much of it because we still had plenty of time. So we just kept riding. We stopped in New Jersey, did a little bit of sightseeing.
Then when we were getting closer to Philly, we received another email stating that our flight was going to be delayed until 9.35 p.m. So we stopped in Philadelphia. We went sightseeing. We went to the Liberty Bell.
Then we went to Rocky Balboa's statue. So while we were there, I felt in my spirit, just in my heart, that the flight was going to be canceled. But no, we received another email stating that our flight was going to be delayed until 10.13. So we just were there and I still keep feeling that in my gut that the flight was going to be canceled.
So a few minutes later, we received another email stating that our flight was canceled. So we just thought, what are we going to do? What's going on? Why are they canceling the flight with no explanation? They just sent emails. They didn't tell us why the flights were going to be canceled.
So my brother and his family started panicking and I said, no, I'm not going to panic. I'm just going to pray. So I just did that.
I started praying and praying. So we decided to go to the airport to Spirit Airlines to ask them, you know, what's going to happen because we cannot stay in Philadelphia because we're from Orlando and we're far away from our family in Rhode Island. So while we were on our way, I decided to call Spirit Airlines.
So when I was speaking to the person, the person was very negative and all she kept saying was, I'm sorry, unfortunately, I'm sorry, unfortunately. So she was just saying things that she couldn't do instead of just trying to call me and give us peace. So she kept putting me on hold and kept checking flights and she said, we don't have anything until 48 hours.
Then she came back on the line saying that we have something for the next day at 746, but it's going to be with a stop. And we started telling her, it's no good. You know, we can't stay here.
We have no family. We have no money to stay in the hotel. So we need something for today.
So she kept looking and looking. We arrived at the airport. We were in front of the Spirit Terminal.
And then she just kept saying, no, there's nothing I can do. There's nothing I can do. I asked her for a supervisor and she said, well, I am the supervisor and I'm trying my best.
I explained to her that I have a special need daughter that's diabetic, that has chronic arthritis, and that she cannot sit for a long time. She cannot walk a long distance and we cannot stay at the airport. So she kept looking and looking.
While we were on hold, she stated, I'm going to see if I can find a different airline that can help you, but you are six. Maybe for you and for your daughter, I can try to find something and fit you in, but you are six. I said, well, they're my family and they're helping me with my daughter.
I cannot just leave them here because they have no money, no place to stay, no one here that they know. So I cannot just leave them. So where she kept looking, I received an email stating that my flight has been changed and they booked me with American Airlines.
So while I was still on hold, we started running to the terminal, to American Airlines terminal, so we can be there. The flight stated, the email stated that our flight was going to be at 717 and that we had to board by 636. We were there at 610.
We were not even on time to board and do all the checking. They stated, because it was less than 45 minutes, we could not add our bags. So we said, we have to take our bags.
The other thing is that they had my niece as an unaccompanied minor, which that is a mistake that the other airline made. And they probably couldn't make, they couldn't change it because of the time. So I started praying.
I started praying. I started praying. And yes, we were able to all be checked in and checked our bags in.
But now we had to go from the terminal to the boarding and it was already like 625. So we had to run and try to make it. So thank God, we made it.
The only other thing is, we had to pay for our bags again. Our bags, which we had paid already through the original airline, we had to pay them again through American Airlines. I had two bags, which I had to pay $80.
I only had like $90 in my account. So I had to use the $80 to pay the bags again. And honestly, I don't know how my daughter and I were going to eat since we didn't even have time to eat.
We only had breakfast in the morning. So mind you, this was all stressing us out. No money.
Now we had to run from one terminal to another. We had to run to the boarding gate. So everything was stressing us out.
I kept praying and thanking God. So we made it, as I mentioned, to the terminal. And guess what? Two angels sent me money.
One angel sent me $100. The other angel sent me $75. So the Lord not only made a way for me to make this flight, but he also provided for me to eat, for my daughter and I to eat.
So I just want to share and give testimony of the power of prayer. The Lord made a way. The Lord just opened the doors behind the scenes.
Even though I couldn't see in the physical what He was doing, He made a way. Instead of me just panicking and just losing my peace, I started walking up and down the corridor, just praying in the Spirit, just thanking Him and just praying and declaring His Word so He can make a way, which He did. So I just want to share with you this brief testimony and let you know that even though sometimes we don't see what He's doing, the Lord is moving.
The Lord is making a way where there seems no way. God bless you all.