THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED ON A CITY BUS RIDE

The Sunday School class was just beginning as Juanita and a stranger entered. Juanita's expression showed that she was unusually happy.  She told the class why.

That morning, as usual, she had ridden a bus to downtown Madrid, to get to the First Baptist Church.  She had sat down by a woman, who immediately turned to greet her and to give her a gospel tract.

Juanita asked the woman from what church the tract had come.  She replied that it had come from an Evangelical church in Valdepenas, a town south of Madrid in La Mancha , the central plateau.

Juanita then told the woman that she too was an Evangelical and was on her way to church.  The woman asked her if, by any chance, she knew where the First Baptist Church was located.

"Of course, that's where I'm going," Juanita replied.

The woman almost shouted with joy. Then she explained her reaction: "I came to Madrid two weeks ago to be with my brother, who is ill. Last Sunday I was not able to find an Evangelical church to attend, and I was so very miserable. Yesterday I prayed and told the Lord that I just had to find one.  None of my family here are Christians, and they offered no help whatsoever. I got up this morning and prayed and I told God that I was going to get a bus to  the center of town and He would just have to do the rest. The family said that I was crazy...that I couldn't go out alone to look for a small church in a city of over 3 million people, with no idea of where it was.  Nevertheless, I left the house, boarded the bus, and then you sat down beside me."

Who but God could have worked this miracle?  You see, the woman from La Mancha is totally blind.

This feature story was written by  Chris Buie, Missionary to Spain

In April of 1971 Chris was presented with a Certificate of Merit, "For outstanding contribution to the cause of Mission Support" by the Mission Support Division of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

This story appeared in various Baptist State Conventions publications  in the United States and in Europe.