Immigrant voice leads America tomorrow in ‘National Day Of Prayer’
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006In a week when immigrant voices have risen in angry protest as thousands marched through the streets of America, one young immigrant voice will rise tomorrow to remind America of the importance of God and prayer.
Australian born singer Rebecca St. James will be at the White House tomorrow, May 4th, for official events surrounding her role as 2006 National Spokeperson of the National Day of Prayer, an observance recognized each year on the first Thursday of May.
The Grammy winning singer emigrated with her family from Australia to the U.S. in the ‘90’s while she was still in her early teens. Her’s has truly been the American dream of finding success in a new land-as well as learning first-hand the power of God and prayer.
St. James and her family of nine went through extreme hard times in their new homeland when shortly after their arrival, her dad, a music business executive, soon lost his promised job in America.
She noted in recalling those difficult times:
“We would literally sit on the floor in a family circle praying for our needs and for money for food. Bags of groceries would often be on the porch when we opened the door. We never saw who left them. Checks would come in the mail from strangers for just the amount of money we had need of. My mother gave birth to my youngest sister after we arrived America. We prayed as a family because we were concerned that we had no money for the hospital bill. Someone paid the total hospital bill, and to this day we don’t know who. I’ve seen the power of God answering prayer.”
