Authorities have been praising God for His protection after a 22-month-old boy was found alive and well despite going missing for some three full days a nights. Rescue teams were astonished when they found Kenneth Howard perched on a 50-foot rock ledge just 2,000 feet away from his Kentucky home. He was unharmed and in “remarkably good condition,” according to those who discovered the youngster.
A report from WYMTindicated that search teams were alerted to Kenneth’s location after hearing the cries of a young child. But it wasn’t just this that the group believe led them to the stricken youngster – they also believe that there was a divine hand guiding them to his location.
“It was a team effort, and God led us in the hands and to move that way,” said Carter Conley of Magoffin Search and Rescue. “I told the father that it’s a proud day.”
“I have been on a lot, and this is one of few that were successful,” he added. “I’m very thankful this one was successful. It was all a team effort.”
Terrifyingly, according to Wolfe County Search and Rescue’s Chief John May, Kenneth’s cries could have easily attracted predators, especially seeing as he was lost in such a remote location where bears roam freely.
“An infant crying is actually a draw to wild animals,” May told WBAZ-3. “It’s just very fortunate that a bear, coyote, or bobcat or something along those lines did not hear him crying.”
Such was the miraculous nature of their long-awaited discovery, many of the rescue team are assured that God was helping them locate this brave little man.
“The man up above is the reason that boy is here,” said Prestonsburg firefighter Michael Tussey, who was the first to hear Kenneth’s cries. “There’s no doubt.”
Tussey added that he was “balling like a baby” when he spotted the bright blonde hair of Kenneth through the thick brush.
Vicky Howard, Kenneth’s Aunt, said she was “preparing for the worst” after receiving no news of the young boy for three whole days. Finally, however, the family’s prayers were answered in the most spectacular fashion. “I don’t think I’ve ever cried that much over anything,” Vicky told the outlet. “There’s not words to describe the feelings when we got that call he’s been found.”
Kenneth’s cousin, 9, revealed that he had been constantly praying for a safe return ever since the little boy went missing. “I’m going to go back and play with him as soon as I can,” he said gleefully.
“It’s been difficult, but I never did give up because I have faith,” Vicky added. “I know God is with us because we wouldn’t have found him. I’ve never been one to believe in miracles but once you witness one, you’ll never go back to not believing.”
The young boy’s sister, Tasha, added: “It’s been difficult, but I never did give up because I have faith.
60 Bible Verses about Prayer
King James Version (KJV)
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
to all that call upon him in truth.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
and cried unto my God:
he heard my voice out of his temple,
and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
and he was extolled with my tongue.
