The snipers made so many terrified over the days of their surprise attacks. A very special story was shared with me over the email. It really brought gratitude to God for HIS answer to the prayer of fifty truckers. |
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Christian truckers got together to pray that somehow the sniper
terrorizing the Washington, DC area would be caught.
Ron Lantz told the other truckers there that
perhaps God was going to use them to catch the sniper.
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few days later he was listening to the radio as he was driving again
through the region and felt compelled to pull off the highway to a
rest stop. It was just a couple of miles from where the prayer meeting
had taken place.
As he pulled in, he was shocked to see a car
similar to what was being described on the radio right there
before his eyes.
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trying to read the license plate, a chill went up his back as the
numbers matched. He quickly called 911 and remained there for what he
said were the longest 15 minutes of his life until the police arrived.
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He even pulled his truck across the exit, there would now
be no escape for these elusive murderers. The rest is now history-the
snipers were taken into custody without incident. I imagine the trucker
was still praying while he waited with his truck across the road. He was
at risk. Since the murders were asleep, perhaps he prayed they would
keep on sleeping till the police arrived. It is said that he
planned to give the million dollar reward to the families of those who
had lost loved ones or who had been injured. This shows he believed the
answer for the catching of the murders was not just chance, it was
answered prayer. God is given all the credit. We are grateful that God's
friend, Ron Lantz, was not afraid to take action.
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