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This past weekend my husband and I were volunteers with our small group from church, helping a single mom with Lupus renovate her house to move.

The night before I met her I laid in bed thinking what could I possibly say to her that would be meaningful? I am not handy and thought that I would be useless.

I couldn’t sleep so I got up and started playing around on our computer. Our son’s name is Connor so I started entering his name and seeing what would come up. The first site I saw was a memorial site for a baby boy who had died of SIDS who’s name was Connor. I read the webpage, felt sad and then wondered why I was reading such a morbid thing in the middle of the night. I noted the photos and the little messages from this baby’s “Nana”.

The following morning, I went to this woman’s home and she invited me in to help. I really wasn’t much help and after awhile she started talking to me about her Lupus. (I have an auto-immune disease too). She offered me a coffee. As I waited for the coffee in her kitchen, I looked over at a photo on a shelf and I see the exact photo of the baby I saw the night before. This baby was her grandson!!! SHE was Nana. I didn’t even know that they were from my country let alone that I would be in their house the next day! I stood there shaking and she said “What’s wrong?”, and then after seeing me look at the photo, “Do you know about Connor?”. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Not only did I know the whole story, I had now met his loving Nana. We grieved for this little boy and I left so elated that God had prepared me for meeting her. HE knew who I was going to see and what had happened in her life. HE wanted me to know a little about her so that I could comfort her and HE wanted ME to know that he will always know my plans and guide me.