Californians Take ‘Journey of Prayer’ Along Southern Border

Published on April 21, 2024

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—The sight of a lone children’s-sized shoe sitting across from barbed-wire fencing along the Texas border not only caused Javier Amador of Yorba Linda to become filled with emotion, he said, but also spurred him to action. “I saw that little girl’s shoe in the dirt along with articles of discarded clothing and thought of my family back home in California,” Mr. Amador told The Epoch Times. “But for my prayer team and I, we decided to pray right then and there and also video-in our pastor to join us at the scene.” Calling themselves the “prayer army,” Mr. Amador and his team of four men from the Sanctuary Church in Costa Mesa felt compelled last month to pray for the entire stretch of the Texas border—now an international hotspot for immigration news as the United States encounters border crossers from around the world in record numbers....