what might the Lord do as we pray for people? here is one story...

We have recently been blessed to get to know a young man who I will call "Paul" from Afghanistan. His testimony was a great encouragement to me (Ken), and yet also a stark reminder of how harsh life can be for some of the refugees. Paul arrived in Austria in 2015, when thousands of other refugees did as well. His case was apparently not compelling enough for the Austrian authorities to approve, and after it became clear that Austria would not let him stay, he went to Switzerland to try there. However, before he left, during his time in Austria, there was one special Christian woman whom he met, who told him about Jesus. Paul, at that point, was still a Muslim. However, this woman promised to pray for him every day. As it was, his journey continued -- Switzerland also turned him down, so he went further, to France. There, he was not even admitted to the refugee housing centers, and so he found himself homeless on the streets of France. At that point, he did receive some financial help from this prayer warrior in Austria, who wired him some money for food, but otherwise he was truly struggling in this state of homelessness, which lasted for eight months. He shared very soberly with me that he will never forget the misery of those eight months which he had in France, attempting to sleep whenever and wherever he could. His time there spanned a few seasons of the year, so it was initially too cold and later too hot. 
There are a few moments in the Bible where a verse begins with "But God," and this was one of those verses in real life for Paul. For it was during that time in France that God gave him a supernatural dream at night. So, it was an awful season of life for Paul, BUT GOD gave him a dream that literally opened up his heart to Jesus overnight. He tried to describe it to me, but words failed him. (sidenote: I find it interesting that the Lord did not "help him" by giving him physical shelter in France, but rather by giving him a dream that therefore opened his heart up to eternal shelter in Jesus!) Shortly after that night, he was able to return to Austria, now with a new desire in his heart: to become a Christian. He arrived here in August, and it was the very next Sunday at church near here, in Baden, that he invited Jesus into his life. Praise the Lord. He has now entered a brand new application for asylum, and we pray that he will keep growing in his new life in Christ. He is joyful and thankful for the support of the one woman who prayed so faithfully for him, and of course he is thankful for the roof over his head, and for the opportunity he now has to attend The Oasis regularly. Pray for Paul, and for the Lord´s will to be done regarding his asylum case. Thank you!