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Compiled by Meemaw Carjacker Gives Up When Asked To Pray  Last October, a man was getting out of his car when another man approached him, holding a large ax, and demanding his car keys. Rather than panicking, the man asked the criminal to pray with him. He then started praying, and the man with the ax miraculously walked away. However, the police had surveillance footage of the incident, and when he robbed a bank several days later, and attempted to hijack another car, he was arrested. According to the site, Christianity.com, "The familiar phrase Prayer changes things is true. Sometimes the things that change are circumstances, while other times we are the thing that prayer changes," the site reads, adding, "The benefits of prayer can't be exhausted." Abandoned Newborn Adopted  In January of 2023, Florida police officers found a newborn who had been abandoned in the woods near a trailer park. The police had been summoned because someone heard her crying. She was 6.5 pounds, wrapped in a blanket, still had the umbilical cord and placenta attached, and police estimated she had been in the 50-degree weather for about an hour. Despite exhaustive efforts, the policy never found the birth mother, and one of the officers named her Angel Grace (because "she's as beautiful as an angel" and "it is by the grace of God that she is not dead.") In November, a couple adopted her. The county sheriff announced, "We are thrilled to share with you these photos from this morning of this precious angel with her new mom and dad, along with PCSO's Detective Green and Sgt. Ryan," Judd said in a post to X, which includes a picture of the baby girl and her new family. "Mom & Dad wish to keep their names from being published, but they allowed us to share these photos with everyone who followed this child's story and prayed for her well-being." Florida has a Safe Haven law which states that one can walk into a fire station, hand a baby to a firefighter and walk away, without criminal liability. Police Give Boy $200 To Take His Siblings To The Fair  Dothan, Alabama police were busy at the annual National Peanut Festival Fair when they got a call about a suspicious person "lurking" in a neighborhood. When they went to check it out, they found 13 year-old Mark with a broken rake, who was only trying to make some money doing yard work so he could take his siblings to the festival, because his parents couldn't afford it. He had walked for several blocks, asking if he could rake the residents' yards to make some money. After the police talked to him, they decided to help, digging into their own wallets to give him almost $200. When a local church heard about it, they, too, decided to give as well, having a dinner for the entire family before they enjoyed the festival. Fishermen Find Driver Stuck In Wrecked Truck  Two men fishing an Indiana river in December came across a truck partially submerged under a bridge. They saw a man's body inside, and thought he was dead, but went to check anyway. To their surprise, he turned and spoke to them! He said his truck had slid off the road seven days earlier and he was trapped inside. The men who found him immediately called 911, and he was extricated from the truck, and airlifted to a hospital. "He was alive, and he was very happy to see us - I've never seen relief like that," one of the fishermen said. "He says that he tried yelling and screaming, but nobody would hear him. It just was quiet, just the sound of the water." The man had to have part of one leg amputated due to his injuries. His survival was credited to Indiana's higher than normal temps in December. Air Force Pilot, 22, Wins Miss America  Madison is a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force, and in January, 2024, beat out 50 contestants to become Miss America. She is the first active duty service member to ever win the title. Baby Is Gifted Crocheted Hat  Five month-old Romey was flying home to New Jersey from a Christmas vacation with her parents, when she became entranced by Meegan in the next seat who was crocheting. The parents were apprehensive because it was Romey's first airplane flight. Meegan had noticed them on the first leg of the flight. When Romey was awake, she was staring at Meegan's crocheting, At the end of the flight, Meegan gave a crocheted hat to Romey because she had behaved so well. Onlookers commented how sweet the gift was. The young mother said, "It was beyond kind and such a shock. Everyone around us stood up and noticed just this beautiful encounter with a stranger. It was just an unbelievable kind of moment." |