How God Answers Our Prayers
I was going on my Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s qualifier in the Brecon Beacons, during yellow thunder and lightning warnings. We were about 5 hours in when we started climbing the peak of Twmpa, one of the Black Mountains. About halfway up I was absolutely shattered and I didn’t think I could get any further. I decided to pray for strength to carry on and reach the top. After I prayed, I felt stronger and could feel God helping me up to the top.
After we reached the top, we continued walking for about 3 hours until we came to the end of the mountain. One of the girls in my group didn’t want to go down the mountain and started crying, which is when the thunder and lightning began. We frantically started getting to lower ground, as we were at the highest point – closest to the lighting. However, we got stuck just off the peak.
We tried to call the leader, but there was no signal. The girls in my group were terrified, and I prayed again that we could get a hold of our leader, and we tried again. He finally answered for just long enough to tell him where we were and where we should go.
After 4 hours, the lightning stopped and we started to go down as it was starting to get dark. However, we took a wrong turn and ended up lost and stuck in a river. We climbed back up with rocks and rain sliding down. We eventually got off the mountain at 9pm, when we were meant to get to camp at 4pm. Our leaders left us on the side of the mountain and didn’t come to look for us and we managed to make it to a minor road. I prayed one more time, absolutely exhausted, and out of nowhere a random lady drove past in a car. She had decided to pick up a chicken at 9pm at night instead of the next morning, and found us wet, cold and upset and drove us to the camp.
I believe in prayer, and the fact that God can help us through any trials we face, both big and small. I am so grateful for the gift of prayer.