Faith to work miracles

We recently learned of the story of Ann Malin.  To follow is the account given of her (Tell My Story, Too - Jolene Allphin):

"Ann heard the Mormon missionaries, studied, and with a prayerful heart was baptized as a member of the Church in 1850 at the age of 18.  After five years of hard work, she saved enough money for passage to America on the ship Horizon...Ann had gone to the shipping docks and was engaged as the cook for the captain and crew of this ship.  They landed in Boston on July 18 (1856) and continued to Iowa where she was hired as a cook in the John Hunt's wagon company.  This company was instructed to follow closely behind the Martin Handcart Company and render any needed assistance.

In late October, food became scarce.  If an animal fell down from exhaustion it was immediately killed and dressed for food.  The rawhides were cut into strips and used to bind the tires onto the  rims of the wagon wheels.  After a time all food was exhausted and the men cut those rawhides from the wheels and boiled them to make soup.  Ann said that as she handed the men their small rations, and saw their suffering from hunger, she prayed to the Lord to take awayh her appetite so she might give her rations to relieve the others' suffering.  She testified her prayers were answered, as she gave away her food, but was never hungry." 

Today I was reading from the Book of Mormon, Alma 31:38 ...And the Lord provided for them that they should hunger not, neither should  they thirst; yea, and he also gave them strength, that they should suffer no manner of afflictions, save it were swallowed up in the joy of Christ.  Now this was according to the prayer of Alma; and this because he prayed in faith.

I love the example of sacrifice and charity that Ann Malin exemplified, and the second witness that came today from Alma, that the prayer of faith is answered in time of great need.