Miracles And Other Wonders ''Theresa''

in this magnificent land of abundance that we live in we often take much of that bounty for granted few of us ever stopped to consider the incredible amount of punishing work and back-breaking labor it takes to produce the spectacular and vital harvest much less the lives and dreams of the people who worked the fields to produce it it's worth considering particularly the dreams the people who moved from farm to orchard to vineyard with the crops are called presence Spanish word for those who work with their backs the tens of thousands of men women and children whose stew play brings forth the golden harvest of the earth from the orange groves of southern california through the bean fields and sugar beets of the Central Valley the potatoes of Idaho and Oregon asparagus to the apple orchards of Washington State many like the Dos Santos family came to work the fields freedom the dosent was found in the long paradoxically bound them like inescapable chains of higher Tony said dos Santos had a dream more than anything else she loved learning so she didn't dream of being rich or famous all she dreamed of was being able to go to the same school day after day because of how her family had to travel for their livelihood this was impossible what news in the letter $1,000 Carlos was never that old man son us that little house that respect payments yeah and I could go to my own school every day 10,000 why not 10 million Lewis and Alania dos Santos came from simple earthy backgrounds and had little education so they were proud and happy that Teresa was so filled with the desire to learn and that Armando was following her example the desaad has returned from the fields in a stop at the market this midweek afternoon the day's work settled heavily on the shoulders as usual Sunday will have a big house in our own backyard don't waste your breath things like that don't happen for us if I believe it it'll happen dreamer come on coming up a mother with a sack of good boy this spirited an optimistic little girl was indeed a dreamer and for such a believer in dreams miracles often do happen one mama look what I found do you know who this is it's st. Teresa yeah this thing I was named for and you found it I'm nice more than nice mama this is very good news Teresa knew that her finding the portrait of her patron saint meant something very important of this she was absolutely and totally convinced the world had not yet driven from Teresa the trust and belief in praying for a miracle and the curious arrival of her namesake Saint was all the encouragement she needed what you do pray for something else you can't have that's my business wouldn't you learn girl when will I learn at my new school like I said praying for something you'll never forget so huh so mad are you okay I just had such a strange dream it was about you papa you were shaking hands with a very important man he's just in a fine suit he has a red tie with little Eagles and a big silver ring all of us are there mama and Armando too we're all so happy oh I almost forgot there's something there like a big Valentine maybe I want some chocolates huh it's just a dream that'll won't go back to sleep I still work tomorrow over the next several weeks Teresa had the same dream on five different occasions and each time it was more vivid than before the details about the man in the dream were always the same always very specific and more oddly in each dream there was always some kind of Valentine by far in the greatest number of cases the victims of crime and vandalism are the people who can least afford it on that fresh September day on the outskirts of Fresno California the Dos Santos family was robbed of their meager possessions and their humble home was barbarously vandalized this sort of thing really gets to me you have any idea just what's missing everything sleeping bags blankets Lantern stove radio well they didn't take it bust it up you know looks like you're missing something pretty important my picture sate Teresa she was in my wallet why'd they have to take her too why are there so little as it is at least we still have the van what it's useless my picture say Teresa she's a girl what what happened who cares about your stupid round children I pray to her everything will be okay you'll see Teresa Teresa ELISA it's good to pray but sometimes even a prayer isn't enough you know you want a pre for some feed pretty get our things back okay I will this is before go ahead they just picked up a couple of drunk kids on the highway with a pickup load of household stuff sounds like it could be yours if you'd like I can give you a ride into town and you can check it out John just one let's go the Dos Santos family had no inkling of where the next turn would take them but little Teresa knew in her heart without doubt it would carry her closer to an answered prayer at the County Municipal Building Lewis and Elena dos Santos worked with the officers to fill out a lengthy police report concerning the theft and vandalism no one could ever tell Teresa that faith and prayer go unrewarded particularly after what was about to happen wait don't lose this I'm sure it's very important mama Papa the man from my dream your daughter tells me you are Louis de Santos that's right I'm Senor Montoya the New Mexican consul here in Fresno as it turns out its most fortunate that I met your darling Teresa I have been looking for you for some weeks now please come my office is this way a string of circumstances and coincidences that brought together Luis no sentence and the Mexican council in Fresno that afternoon and what was to follow challenged all probability since this letter came in my office has been trying to look at you the letter from a legal firm and Mexico City told of the death of Ernesto Calderon a distant uncle of Luis Luis had been subject to a search as he was the only heir to the man's estate on the following day the time limit for the search would run out and the inheritance due to luis dos Santos would revert to the state him Nestor was my mother's only brother huh I never knew him you see the date today is the 14th we have only until the end of business hours tomorrow in Mexico City to put this claim forward looks like you made it just in time Thank You Senor Thank You Luis no Santos farm worker received in a state of some $25,000 Theresa was not at all surprised by this turn of Fortune she knew all along good tidings were coming to them she had no reason to disbelieve and for the last part of her recurring dream the strange appearance of the Valentine that riddle too was soon to be answered but in the month a down payment was made on a small house for the first time in many years the Dos Santos family would not be following the crops and Teresa as she desired more than anything finally got a school of her very own where she could attend every day have a new student starting today Teresa de Santos Teresa say hello to your teacher mrs. Valentine a home a school and now a Valentine answered prayers seem to bring the sweetest one team for they are the results of the deepest wishes and fondest hopes and sometimes it takes the purest and most innocent prayers of a child to be answered with a miracle well it's a miracle in that the chances that I would happen to go to the police station at that time at the same time as they went to and they stopped in just at the very same time I was there the chances are in Fidesz Mille that that would occur plus this being the the family that I had been looking for but the miraculous part is her dream she had dreamed of me and recognized me in the police station that could not have happened on its own there had to be a guiding power behind that

Channel: Miracles And Other Wonders

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Keywords: Miracles, mirakels, angel, engel, vallentijn, valentine, love, spirit, wonders, wonderen

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Length: 11min 27sec (687 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 22 2013