The Thomas Fire that broke out in Ventura, California, this month is now the second largest in modern California history. While on its course of destruction, the flames burned down the primary women’s dorm of the Ventura campus faith-based substance abuse recovery program, Teen Challenge. But a miracle prevented further damage.
According to penews.org, Don Coley, the chief administrative officer of the nine Southern California Teen Challenge centers, explained that he saw God’s hand at work in an “extraordinary” series of events earlier this month.
When one of the Teen Challenge buildings caught fire, there happened to be three independent firefighters nearby who were protecting valuable project equipment that belongs to the utility company Edison. Teen Challenge leases a small part of land to Edison. When those men saw the nonprofit’s building ablaze, they contacted Coley for permission and began hosing down the adjacent buildings.
The building, a 30-bed dormitory, that was on fire could not be saved.
“[T]oday we only need to plan on re-building one building and not three. God’s mercies … new every morning,” Teen Challenge said on Facebook. “Also, four staff…
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