Prayers of a Stranger

<P><B>She ventured to answer a stranger's prayer only to receive an answer to her own.</B></P><P>Amanda Vance is ambivalent about her husband's idea for a big family holiday up north. She had once planned a special Christmas in their own home carefully preparing a nursery and the keepsake ornaments. Now that room stands as empty as her heart.</P><P>Then a neighbor's mishap turns into a last-minute invitation-Amanda is offered a place on a tour to the Holy Land. At the urging of her husband Chris she reluctantly agrees to go. The unexpected journey leads to an even more astonishing lesson.</P><P>An extraordinary turn of events allows Amanda to help answer a young mother's plea for a healing. Filled with a sense of awe Amanda visits the place of Jesus' birth. There she discovers anew the miracle of the Christ child-God incarnate as a tiny vulnerable baby.</P><P>Her return to Florida marks a momentous shift in her soul in her calling and in her marriage. She responded to the prayer of a stranger but will Amanda's own prayer-to be happily surrounded by a large and loving family-ever be fulfilled?</P>