{"id":25155,"date":"2026-03-11T17:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/an-answered-prayer-in-a-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:42","slug":"an-answered-prayer-in-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/true-stories-of-answered-prayer\/an-answered-prayer-in-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"An Answered Prayer in a Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quincy Ruffin is a man of God. A minister at his church in Newark, New Jersey, he can preach a fine sermon, but he has another job where he practices his faith. Earlier this year, in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-pray-for-those-on-the-front-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the front lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is he a preacher but Quincy is a crematory tech and funeral assistant in northern New Jersey. At any time of year, he\u2019s a busy man, but this past spring, he found himself working 12- and 14-hour days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-49179\" alt=\"Quincy Ruffin\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/quincy_ruffin.jpg\" style=\"float:right\" width=\"310\" \/>The pandemic hit hard in March and April, and the cases increased day by day. As he sat at his desk and did the initial paperwork, \u201cI noticed how the ages of the deceased kept falling,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom their eighties to their seventies down into their fifties and sometimes even thirties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like his colleagues, he was following all <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/a-message-of-hope-from-edward-grinnan-love-thy-neighbor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the safety protocols<\/a> issued by the CDC. \u201cWe wore hazmat, gloves, face shields, masks, goggles.\u201d Sometimes the proper protective equipment was hard to find, \u201cor the prices went skyrocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bodies started stacking up and what was especially hard was seeing how often they were people he knew. Pastors, pastors\u2019 wives. All the while he held on to his faith. \u201cI prayed and I sang. There\u2019s that Bible verse, \u2018building up yourself on your most holy faith,\u2019 and I\u2019d cling to that, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/5-bible-verses-for-strength\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holding on as best I could<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His faith came to be tried even more when his own mother landed in the hospital with Covid-19. He became her advocate, making himself known to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/caregiving\/family-caregiving\/advice-for-caregivers\/tips-to-help-caregivers-handle-the-challenges-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">everyone who was caring for her<\/a>, from the head nurse to the attending physician. <\/p>\n<p>The stress of his work while his own mother was suffering wore on him. \u201cI felt like my legs were being sawed out from under me,\u201d he says. \u201cYes, we pray and trust God, but I had to also face the reality my mom was in the hospital dealing with something most people I\u2019d seen not come out of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was released from the hospital and came home where his sisters looked after her, but her symptoms seemed to only get worse. \u201cEach time I would see one of my sister\u2019s names pop up on my phone it would be like a hammer going on inside my head.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>They called the bishop and he prayed with all of them on the phone, FaceTiming with Quincy\u2019s mom. Then an ambulance came and took her back to the hospital. Quincy couldn\u2019t see her and couldn\u2019t get her to answer on FaceTime. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-strength\/a-one-word-prayer-for-strength-in-difficult-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All he could do was pray. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside from dealing with my mom\u2019s declining health, I was working double shifts almost every single day to accommodate the rising number of cases coming in due to the virus,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>When he was finally able to FaceTime with his mom in the hospital, she was so weak and on oxygen that when he got off, the tears just flowed. \u201cPlease Lord, not now,\u201d he prayed. \u201cYou\u2019re God and You\u2019re sovereign, but please don\u2019t do this now.\u201d With that came a <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/6-prayers-to-let-go-and-let-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measure of peace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His mother was in the hospital for a couple more days, a burst of unexpected energy coming to her, until she FaceTimed him and declared, \u201cI\u2019m ready to go\u2026today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe returned home an hour later,\u201d Quincy says, \u201cand from that day I watched God complete the work in her body, and she\u2019s now back at work, doing well, and she\u2019s Covid-free!\u201d His prayers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/true-stories-of-answered-prayer\/unexpected-blessings-answered-prayers-for-loved-ones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayers of many were answered<\/a>. \u201cI can never repay Him for all He\u2019s done but I\u2019ll spend the rest of my life trying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quincy Ruffin is a man of God. 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