Michael, Kuching

My father and I hadn't spoken more than a few words to each other in almost two years. I joined the weekly prayer devotional mostly out of habit, but one of the prayer points was for 'restored relationships within the family.' I decided to actually pray it, every day, for my dad by name.

Nothing dramatic happened — he just called one evening to ask how I was doing. That was the first crack in years of silence. We're not where I hope we'll be yet, but we're talking again, and I know that started in prayer.