YORBA LINDA, Calif.—The sight of a lone children’s-sized shoe sitting across from barbed-wire fencing along the Texas border not only caused Javier Amador of Yorba Linda to become filled with emotion, he said, but also spurred him to action.
“I saw that little girl’s shoe in the dirt along with articles of discarded clothing and thought of my family back home in California,” Mr. Amador told The Epoch Times.
“But for my prayer team and I, we decided to pray right then and there and also video-in our pastor to join us at the scene.”
Calling themselves the “prayer army,” Mr. Amador and his team of four men from the Sanctuary Church in Costa Mesa felt compelled last month to pray for the entire stretch of the Texas border—now an international hotspot for immigration news as the United States encounters border crossers from around the world in record numbers.
Driving a total of 1,254 miles from El Paso to Brownsville, Texas, in the span of 10 days, the group not only tasked themselves with praying, but also sharing the hope they receive from their faith.
“We felt the Lord call us to pray, give out Bibles, and share God’s love over the course of the long and sometimes ‘bumpy’ ride,” Mr. Amador joyfully said, referring to a moment where his vehicle got stuck in the sand along the border.
Encounters Along the Journey
At the start of their excursion, Mr. Amador and his team considered it a “divine appointment” after meeting a Customs and Border Protection chaplin who had been with the agency for well over a decade.
With the chaplin’s supervised access, the “prayer warriors” were then allowed to pray for Border Patrol agents working on-duty throughout the Del Rio Substation center for several hours.
Hours later, the men found themselves in an outdoor dirt parking lot area where church congregants were thrilled to have guests join them from California, according to Mr. Amador.
As the prayer army continued to drive eastward, the men found themselves having increased encounters with military and law enforcement teams on active patrols at the Southern Border.
Completion of the Mission
After 10 days, the group completed their mission of praying over the entire expanse of the Texas border ending their journey in Brownville, Texas and “praying for everything you could think of,” according to Mr. Amador.
Upon returning home to Southern California, Mr. Amador and his team reported that despite the chaotic news of the border in newspaper headlines and television networks, they see a movement of faith happening among people involved with the border.
“There is, for sure, a spiritual revival in God happening at the border right now,” Mr. Amador said.
“We report that the Lord is at work, and I’m encouraged to see what He will do down there.”
