How a Stranger in a Car Dealership Answered This Mom's Prayer for a Miracle

News Staff : Jun 8, 2015
CBN News

"I was speechless. To me that just means the Lord is out there. Keep high hopes, pray, and don't give up." –Connie Cole

[CBN News] A single mother of three in North Carolina needed a car so she could get to work. That's when a generous stranger stepped in to help.

Connie Cole had to get a ride from her dad every day, and then he had to have knee surgery.

"I have kids and I've been praying for a miracle," Cole said.

Then something amazing happened. Her prayer was answered by a complete stranger. Cole had called a car dealer, and the stranger overheard her conversation.

"He (the stranger) said there was something in my voice. The Lord was telling him to help me," she said.

"He said, 'If she comes in, call me. I'm gonna pray on this. If the Lord wants me to do something, I may buy her that car.' We were pretty shell shocked over it," Wesley Gurley, with Carolina Auto Sales, said.

"I was speechless," Cole recalled. "To me that just means the Lord is out there. Keep high hopes, pray, and don't give up."

The dealership worked with the Good Samaritan to provide the 2004 Chevy Impala at cost.

Cole did her part, too, chipping in the $800 she had. The stranger, a man named David, paid the rest.