Posted on 10/18/2008 8:10:35 PM PDT by Joya
Little Ali Tuller will soon be sporting a bracelet that contains the inscription “Walking With Jesus.”
That couldn’t be more appropriate, after the night she had on October 3.
Tracy Ali Jo Tuller, who goes by Ali, is the 23-month-old daughter of Shanna and Robert Tuller. She crawled out of her bed and slipped out the sliding glass door of the couple’s home located a few miles south of town. She started her walk sometime between midnight and 1:30 Saturday morning, which was when her mom discovered her missing.
“That night was my birthday, and my husband and I put the children to bed and stayed up late in the living room. When I went to check on the kids at 1:30 that morning before we went to bed, Ali wasn’t in bed,” said Shanna. “We have five children, and three of them were at home that night. We woke up the two boys, and frantically searched the house. She just wasn’t anywhere.”
Shanna called 911, and within minutes rescue workers, firefighters, people from the police and sheriff’s office, family and friends were on the scene, combing the area. The search lasted until nearly 4 a.m., when Gibbie Gibson, a rescue worker from Wynona, found little Ali standing in the middle of a pond about a mile from her home.
“He walked out to get her, and the water was well up past his waist,” said Shanna. “When he got to her, though, the water wasn’t even up to her waist, and she wasn’t standing on anything. It had to have been God holding her up. Gibbie was in shock when he saw it, and really had no explanation other than a miracle.”
The search seemed much more of an ordeal for the family and rescue workers than it was for young Ali. After all, right around the pond where Ali was found, people came across two cougars, a pack of coyotes, and even killed a copperhead snake. Everybody was muddy, scratched up, and wet from the big storm that rolled through the area.
Not Ali, though, who was unfazed, and practically dry despite walking around in the rain and wading out into the pond. She didn’t have a scratch on her, and her hair wasn’t even messed up.
“She went out without her shoes on, walked all that distance, and even had to cross two barbed wire fences to get to where they found her,” said Shanna. “There had to be at least 60 or 70 people out searching for her that night, and after it was all over, they were all in worse shape than Ali. My daughter wasn’t even scared, she was just out for a walk.”
Ali wasn’t sure why she went for her late night walk, and really didn’t have much to say later. But Shanna certainly has thought a lot about the ordeal, and she is convinced Ali wasn’t alone during her trek through the woods.
“There is not a doubt in my mind that God was with her, watching over her that night,” said Shanna. “God must have a special purpose for Ali. Our only guess as to why Ali was in the pond is that God must have put her there to keep her away from the cougars. I hope this story touches people, because it has certainly touched our lives. There is a God out there, and he is watching over all of us. God was definitely with Ali that night.”
Amen. May He shelter and comfort those suffering and those who have lost a young one.
God does see the Big Picture, you’re right.
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I ask God to cause my kids to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, under the shadow of the Almighty, to be their refuge, and their fortress, their God, in Whom they put their trust. And that He will deliver them from the snare of the fowler, and from any perilous pestilence. I ask Him to cover them with His feathers, and that under His wings they shall take refuge, and that His truth shall be their shield and buckler. That they shall not be afraid of any terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. That even if a thousand fall at their side and ten thousand at their right hand, that it shall not come near them, but that only with their eyes shall they look, and see the reward of the wicked.
I ask that they shall make Yahweh, Who was King David’s refuge, (also mine), even the Most High their dwelling place, and that no evil shall befall them nor shall any plague come near their dwelling, that He will give His angels charge over them to keep them in all their ways. And that in the angels’ hands they will be borne up, lest they dash their feet against stones. I ask that He enable them to tread upon any lion or cobra, and that the young lion and serpent they shall recognize and trample under their feet.
I ask Him to work in their hearts so that they will always set their love upon Him and therefore He will deliver them, that they will know His Name, and that He will set them on high. That they will call on that Name, and that He will answer them, that He will be with them in trouble, that He will deliver them and honor them, and that with long life He will satisfy them. And that He will show them His salvation.
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Wow, sounds as if you all are vigilant over your little one. All blessings on you.
Yes, so glad little Ali is safe.
This story does bring that to mind. Glory to God, amen.
I think you were divinely led to that child, to bring her back to safety. What a lovely account. Thanks.
I think there’ve been one or two fairly well documented cases.
Either they are similar or I’m generalizing.
I thought one was in Indonesia about 30 years ago. The other narrated by HEAVENLY MAN’s autobiographical author . . .
I think the nature of the cases was that Christians had to walk across a flood swollen river. And those who knew the river and the height of the flood knew that the people would have been well over their heads but were visibly wlking only in knee-deep water by the looks of where the water came up to them. Rather like the little girl.
This is an excellent example of what God is - loving!
Yes, He is!
Could be just the screen was closed on the slider...They slide easily...
Could be more...If his only intent was to protect the child from harm, He could have locked or jamned the sliding door, preventing her adventure...
And although God doesn't protect all children from disaster, this is a good lesson for the parents and searchers and readers to trust God...
This reminds me of the girl in Kentucky who lost control of her car on a highway out in the middle of nowhere. The car
went down a ditch, flipped over and out of sight. Her leg was trapped under the car and she could just barely hold her head above water.
Later two guys decided to pull off the road and switch driving. Of all the desolate miles on the Bluegrass parkway that they could have switched, they did it close to where she went over. If they had gone a hundred feet further up the road they would not have heard her crying.
Wow, that is one great story of God’s sustaining power.
Great testimony, thanks!
Lock your doors.
My mother caught me getting ready to walk off the porch sleepwalking when I was six.
My granddaughter had a dream that she went outside to look at the moon and forgot to close the gate the other day and in the morning the gate was open and they close it religiously because of their dogs.
Thanks for your comments, and yes, I agree. Have a blessed week.
Wow, I’m glad they heard her. Thanks.
Amen. All glory to Him.
Wow. Good thing your mom found you.
How old is your granddaughter?
If you ever want to read the full story it is in Reader’s Digest several years ago. Unfortunately I don’t know the issue date.
“It truly is a miracle, but in the future, they should put a high spring loaded lock on that slider door.”
Have a 23 month old in my house right now who is very capable of this sort of thing.
Door knob covers on all doors.
Deadbolts always locked to keep him from escaping in case he figures out the doorknob covers.
No sliding doors though.
Stories like this make me sleep with one eye open.
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