Delivery driver pauses to pray for baby with high risk of getting COVID-19
Image: Facebook/Raquel Pearson
A delivery driver paused for a few seconds to say a short prayer after delivering a package in a home in Idaho, United States. Her prayer was meant for the family’s 8-month old baby.
Homeowners Derek and Raquel Pearson are the parents of baby Lucas who is suffering from a heart condition and difficulty in eating, as per NBC-affiliate KTVB last Sunday, May 24. Doctors say the baby’s condition puts him in a high risk of contracting the novel coronavirus.
Because of this, the parents are taking extra precautions by relying on delivery services. They posted a sign on their door intended for thanking delivery personnel. The sign also states their son’s condition.
Raquel later saw their home’s security camera footage which captured the Amazon delivery driver praying, after the driver saw the sign. The driver was later identified as Monica Salinas. The mom posted the video of Salinas’s act in the Idaho COVID-19 Mutual Aid Group, a public group on Facebook, on May 3 to locate her.
“I noticed that she was standing there, and I didn’t really realize what she was doing until I saw her doing the sign of the cross…,” Raquel was quoted as saying. “I kind of choked up a bit. It’s been really hard to get through this, so I’m really touched that a stranger would take time out of her day to wish our son well like that.”
People recognized Salinas from Raquel’s post and helped the family identify the delivery person. Salinas said that seeing the family’s note touched her heart as well.
“I just stopped to do what my heart told me to do, to say a prayer for the baby and for the parents because that’s got to be very painful for all of them to see their baby hurt and struggle,” Salinas said in the report. “I just prayed that they can make it through another day, one day at a time.”
Salinas is grateful for the support people have been giving her and her fellow frontline workers during these challenging times. Cha Lino/JB
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