ANGEL BODYGUARDS

 The following story was taken from the book - Angel Stories by Robert Strand.

 The Christians in China during the internal uprising in 1927 were under all kinds of persecution. They were targets of looting, building burnings, executions, and more. Favorite targets of these vandals were mission compounds, hospitals, orphanages, and anything Christian.
 A lady missionary is our source for this story.


"During a night of burning, looting, and shooting, when anarchists ran through the streets, our compound, which sheltered hundreds of women and girls who spent the time in prayer, went untouched."
 But there's more to this story. The previous night, the missionary in charge of this particular mission, which was dedicated to sheltering homeless women and girls, had been laid low with a bad attack of malaria and a resulting high fever.
  Some of the neighbors asked, " What are you planning to do when the looters attack your compound? What about all those promises of protection you have been preaching to us? Who will you be trusting when the fires and robberies begin on your compound?
 Along with all the women and girls, this sick missionary spent much time in prayer. She pleaded, " Lord  I have been teaching these people for many years to believe and trust in the promises of God. If You and Your promises fail in this time of disaster, I shall never again be able to open my mouth. Than I shall have to return home to America."
  The next night when the anarchists came to the compound, she immediately was well enought to get up and walk among the frightened refugees in her care. She prayed with them and comforted them while disaster was taking place in the neighborhood all around them. But the mission compound and all who were inside were untouched.
 The next morning, people from three different neighboring families asked, " Who were those four people- three were sitting and one was standing- who were quietly watching from the top of your house at the front of your compound?"
 They answered " No one was on our housetop."
 The neighbors refused to believe the missionaries. We saw them with our own eyes. These men were awesome! When the looters came to the compound, they turned and ran because they were afraid. We saw it happen!"
 It was another teaching moment about the power of God that can send angelic gaurds for the prtection of His children in times of distress.

"Because he loves me," says the Lord. "I will rescue him; I will protect him for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him" Psalm 91:14-15