After Praying For Years To Have A Boy

oge okonkwo

September 24, 2014 5:42 PM

The boy's mother had a prayer meeting so she left the boy in the care of his sister

A mother of 2 daughters who had been praying to God for a son, was thrown into mourning after her 22-month-old son, Brayden King drowned in their church baptism pool.

Head pastor of the Pentecostal House of Prayer in Decatur, Alabama, T.D. Strong told reorters that little Brayden was a "prayer baby" because his mother, Kim King, had prayed for many years to have him.

According to the Christian post, Brayden was at the church with his mother and 13-year-old sister on Friday as the women of the church prepared for a missionary prayer meeting. The boy's mother had the role of narrator in a skit for the prayer meeting so she left the boy in the care of his sister.

The teen lost track of her brother and after a search he was found unresponsive in the rectangular water tank in the baptistery. According to news site, al.com, although the tank faces the congregation, it is obscured by an altar wall.

On Sunday, Strong tried being positive to his reeling congregation, he said:

Strong said they are still trying to piece together what happened but he has not pressed the family for details.

he said.

oge okonkwo