This is my first time experiencing fasting and I am simply blown away by what happened to me the evening of January 13th.

Let me back up a minute. I am in the process of opening my own business. I originally moved to Jacksonville from Cocoa Beach to run and eventually buy the BBQ business formerly known as Willard’s BBQ on Beach Blvd.

As fate would have it, I was not able to buy it when it was time for my brother-in-law to sell it. So he sold it to another guy he knew from church. I trained the new owner and stuck with him for several years.

Due to a series of events a couple of years back, the guy ended up having to close the doors on the smokehouse.

I changed careers and had pretty much written off the idea of having the little restaurant as my business. I found making a living in real estate has become nearly impossible and that I was being drawn back to that little shop for some reason.

Well, a new guy came in and totally renovated the place and turned it into a coffee shop that never seemed to get off the ground.

So again the building became vacant.

This time I was at the right place at the right time and was able to secure the lease. I incorporated and have since been in the process of reopening it again as a BBQ spot once more.

Unfortunately, I hit a financial wall. I had an investor that had been assisting me with funding, but he has apparently gone MIA. I have not been able to reach him for nearly two weeks. So I had asked God Sunday morning for a blessing.

I told him I needed a miracle. I asked him to bring me $15,000 so that I could get open.

Well, within 6 hours of leaving church Sunday I got a phone call from a former employee that used to work with me several years ago when I had originally ran the BBQ shop when it was Willard’s. She asked me to meet with her and her husband.

I agreed and we met at 7:00 that night. They said they could help me with all the repairs I had left to complete so that I could pass the health inspection and get up and running.

Then they said we want to help you out financially also! We have $30,000 and want to invest in you. We feel passionate about this little place and can’t imagine anyone better than you to do this with.

My mouth was slightly agape. I was shocked for about half a minute and then all I could think of was God is great.

He not only answered my prayer, he answered it with double what I had asked for.

I have told anyone who’d listen about how amazing my journey has been so far and how great the Lord has blessed me. God has opened every door along the way as I have entered into this journey with him as my partner.

Now he has sent me two people to work with me and help me grow in a way that was beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I give God all the credit for this amazing turn of events and just pray that I continue to walk with him through this journey.

I have been blessed.

Thank you God!