Prayer Answered

About two Saturdays ago, Troy, Sacha, Sharla, and I went to ladder beach. It is a very beautiful beach with lots of rock and coral. The last time I had been there was when the five of us girls were together still.
Sharla and I thought Troy and Sacha would enjoy one part of the beach where there the waves hit the rocks and splashes you a bit. We went over to the spot and watched the waves for a bit. As we were standing there we were talking about what would happen if you were to fall in. All of us said you would die but if you did happen to make it you wouldn’t look the same when you got out. The only way we thought that you could maybe get out was by swimming out and then swimming back in the sandy beach side.
After about 10 min we decided to leave. Just as we were leaving a big wave started to come our way. Sharla yells out “hey guys we should probably grab onto the rocks because this looks like a really big wave.” We all quickly grabbed onto the rocks as the wave hit us. It happened so fast that I don’t really remember how big it was but they all said it was over our heads. As the wave hit us against the rocks and the water started going back into the ocean, I turned around I see Sharla slowing slipping over the edge and at the last second she jumps out so that she doesn’t land on the sharp rocks. I begin screaming “NOOOOO, NOOOOO!!!!!!!” I am thinking that I will see my friend die right before my eyes and there is nothing I can do to save her. But out of no where she pops up and starts swimming out away from the rocks. She said that she could hear me screaming bloody murder screams and that’s what made it click fast that she needed to start swimming out fast. As we run to the sandy part of the beach where she was swimming over to, we made sure to keep a close eye on her.
Once we arrived at the beach we began calling her to swim in but she yelled to us that she couldn’t because the waves would pull back and all she could see was sharp coral. She knew if she took the chance of swimming in she would be worse off than if she were to just tread water until a boat came. We quickly ran over to a man on the beach and asked him if he had a cell phone and if so he needed to call 911. He said his house was about a block away and he would call.
As we watched Sharla we began praying and praying that she would be ok and make it out safe. It had been about 30 min since she had fallen in and there was still no boat. We knew she had to be getting tired. Then out of no where she was gone. 1 wave went by, then 2, then 3 and there was no Sharla in sight. Finally out of no where Sharla’s head pops up out of the water.
It is now 40 min and still no boat. Not until 45 min from the time she fell in did we see the boat. They threw a life ring out to her and pulled her in. She climbed up the ladder of the boat and then clasped in the boat from being so exhausted. Praise God that she only had a few cuts on her feet and arms!