This is an amazing true story that happend to Tony Campolo.  It shows how God will use each of us, if we will just listen and obey.

Pastor Campolo was asked to speak at a small Christian college. Before the chapel service several of the faculty members took him aside to pray with him. The prayer time was quite lengthy; one of the faculty members prayed at length for a man named Charlie Stoltzfus who was about to abandon his wife and three children.

He asked the Lord to send an angel to bring Charlie back to his family. He prayed very specifically, even reminding the Lord of where Charlie lived.

He prayed “Don’t let that family be destroyed! You know who I’m talking about, Lord … Charlie Stoltzfus. He lives down the road about a mile on the right-hand side in a silver house trailer!” 

Campolo thought to himself, God knows where he lives … He was a bit annoyed with the man’s prayer. He got in his car to head home.

He was getting on the Pennsylvania turnpike when he saw a young man hitchhiking on the side of the road. Campolo stopped to pick him up and introduced himself.

He said, “Hi, my name is Tony Campolo. What’s your name?”

The young man said, “My name is Charlie Stoltzfus.”

 Campolo didn’t say a word. He drove down the turnpike, got off at the next exit, turned around, and headed back.

The passenger looked at him and said, “Hey, mister! Where are you taking me?!”

“I’m taking you HOME!” replied Campolo.   “Why?” Charlie asked.

“Because you just left your wife and three children! Right?” Campolo replied.

The man leaned against the passenger door in shocked disbelief as the car pulled right into his driveway and stopped in front of his trailer.   “How did you know I lived here?” Charlie asked.

Campolo told him, “God told me!”

Pastor Campolo was able to counsel with Charlie and his wife. He led them to put their faith in Christ and to be reconciled in their marriage.  Charlie Stoltzfus went on to become a preacher in California.