Child's prayer request--Free Karate lessons answered

Some prayer requests we have are dire. Some prayer requests are poured out in time of weakness. My prayer request when I was a child was something I wish we could afford to pay for. My brothers liked looking at martial art magazines and they liked Bruce Lee. I wanted to be a good marital artist or at least have a good start. In school most of the kids thought that Asian knows martial art. It was the typical stereotype that I didn't mind getting stuck with. That and Asians are smart :-). I prayed to God that I could somehow get free karate lesson. Jesus does pay attention and He cares about a child's need. He knows that I needed to feel secure and able to defend myself. He knows my past and He stared down my fears. In 12th grade they started to offer free karate lessons to any student who sign up to be part of the Karate club. I signed up and Kia got as far as an Orange belt.