FW: Katrina story and prayer request

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Very wonderful story from a devotee that I wanted to pass along....

 

Adriane

 

> Katrina story and prayer request

>

> AUM

>

> Dear Satsang,

> Some time ago I asked for your prayers for my godfather, who recently

> had a stroke, and we lost touch with him after the floods hit New

> Orleans, where he was living. I wanted to share this story with you,

> because it is so amazing and beautiful.

>

> My family is from Louisiana; they are spread out all over the state; my

> dad is from New Orleans but living in Georgia now. My godfather was

> still living in New Orleans. When Katrina hit, we spoke to him the next

> day and he was fine. Then the flooding happened, and we didn't hear

> anything, and we spent the last two weeks worrying and searching and it

> has been really horrible.

>

> This past Thursday we learned of his death, which was a shock and very

> upsetting, but the way we learned of it is pretty incredible, and I

> wanted to share the story with you

> as it is so clear that Amma has been guiding this. When Dayamrita went

> to Lousisiana, I tried to get a message to him to see if he could find

> someone to go to my godfather's house. He got my message only a few

> days ago.

>

> This is an example of how Amma's hand is in our lives:

> Dayamrita was staying with a devotee in Baton Rouge, named Mark. When he

> got my message, he wrote to Mark and asked him if he knew my godfather.

> Mark thought,

> How can I know a random person in New Orleans?? It's a huge city. But

> then he saw my godfather's address, and he was shocked-- His brother

> lives on the same street as my

> godfather. He called his brother, and found out that my godfather had

> died. So only because Dayamrita was staying with Mark, we were able to

> find out about my godfather's death.

>

> It is too much of a coincidence! I still am in shock over it. Dayamrita

> wrote and told me to get in touch with Mark; I wrote him, and he called

> me right away with the sad news.

> To get that kind of news from a devotee, though, is a huge blessing.

> Mark called me at work and told me, and he said that it is so clear that

> Amma has been present through all of this. It was such a comforting way

> to hear this news.

>

> And there is more... what actually happened....

> Around 5pm, the day after the flooding, a neighbor of my godfather's was

> in a boat going along the street, and Web (my godfather) and his dog

> were in the yard out front. They spoke, Web said they were doing fine,

> etc. About 8:30 that night the dog appeared at the

> man's (Reggie's) house, barking furiously, so he followed the dog and

> found Web lying in the front yard of another house, unconscious. Reggie

> doesn't know whether Web tripped and fell or whether he had a stroke and

> then fell. He never regained consciousness, despite efforts to revive

> him. He died about 10:30 with Reggie there

> all the time except for going to his own house to get water. He said he

> had "holy salt" which he applied and said prayers. He was able to give

> the dog to people from the Oregon Humane Society in New Orleans to

> rescue pets.

>

> So really, it is only because of the dog that Reggie knew about my

> godfather's unconsciousness-- The dog went to his house and got him!!!!

> It is such a beautiful story actually... My parents and I are just

> shaking our heads at it all.. As my dad said, there is a greater Force

> at work here.

>

> It is a shock to know that he is dead, but we had spoken to him just

> before the flood hit, and let him know we all love him, and now we don't

> have to worry anymore about his whereabouts. And I know all of this

> only because of Dayamrita... and because of the dog! Amma's hand is in

> this; it is so clear... And it helps me so much.

>

> I ask for your prayers for my godfather's soul, that he rests in Amma.

>

> In Her,

> Anupama

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