What started as a typical evening at Bible study for regional pharmacy director Tim Halfin ended with a life-saving miracle. That Friday, the devout Christian learned that 3-year-old Christopher Ramirez was reported missing in the woods after following a dog two days prior.<\/p>\n
Halfin credits God for his extraordinary discovery of the missing child. The Texas native recounted his supernatural experience hearing God\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring our prayer for this little boy,\u201d Halfin recalled, \u201cthe Holy Spirit just popped in me, \u2018Tomorrow morning, you\u2019ll go look for him,\u2019 and I did. There\u2019s been a few times in my life that the Holy Spirit has really spoken to me, and I\u2019ve obeyed, and, of course, the outcome is always great.\u201d<\/p>\n
3-year-old Ramirez was officially declared missing at around 1:30 p.m. on that Wednesday. The town\u2019s law enforcement officers, residents, and the child\u2019s mother had already searched tirelessly for the toddler with no success.<\/p>\n
Halfin took part in the search party right around noon on Saturday. As he searched through the woods, Halfin remembered that he heard distinct sounds, but he wasn\u2019t certain if it was the missing boy. Despite his uncertainty, he called the police officers near the search site to further investigate the source of the noises. Shortly after that, Christopher was located.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I saw him, it was immediately, \u2018Praise God! This is answered prayer!\u2019\u201d Halfin exclaimed, sharing that the expression on the toddler\u2019s face when he picked him up was, \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for you. Where have you been?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think God had been protecting this little boy all along,\u201d the pharmacist shared. \u201cI think Jesus had been talking to him for three nights and now going on four days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Halfin explained that since he is a Christian, he always believed that God worked miracles through people from reading the Bible. Now he has an extraordinary personal testimony of one of those miracles. The hometown hero expressed that he thinks God enacted three miracles for Christopher in an interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. 1, he was protected against all these elements, animals in the woods, No. 2, that he would survive for as long as he did without water, and third that he would be found really miles away from where they were even looking for him,\u201d Halfin listed. \u201cMy prayer is for those who don\u2019t see this as a miracle, that they would come to know Jesus and then they would know that it only had to be a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Halfin also reported that the toddler\u2019s mother, Araceli Nunez, is a \u201cstrong woman of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knew from the beginning that God was gonna bring her son back to her,\u201d he shared. \u201cIn between that point, there was a lot of prayers lifted up\u2026and then, at the end, the Lord led me to him and just answered everybody\u2019s prayer right there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Halfin concluded that the centrality of the situation is God. Although his involvement in the search is very inspiring, the Texas Christian wants the focus to be on the Lord\u2019s mercy and greatness, not on him. Halfin declared that the happy ending to the scary situation is \u201cwhat the Lord has done here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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