To Sabbath School teachers: This story is for Sabbath, October 18.

Kala is six years old, and she lives in one of the loneliest places in the world. Kala lives on Easter Island.

Easter Island is part of the country of Chile in South America. But it is far, far away from the continent of South America. Easter Island is located about 2,500 miles (4,000 km) west of Chile in the Pacific Ocean.

But even though Easter Island is so out of the way, it hasn’t been forgotten by the God of heaven who sees and hears and knows everything.

Kala learned about God from missionaries at the Seventh-day Adventist church on Easter Island. Kala went to church with her grandma on Sabbaths. She also went to the church to participate in the Adventurers club that the missionaries opened.

Kala heard the missionaries say that Jesus loves people and is ready to help them. She wondered if it was true. She thought, “Does Jesus really love people? Is He really ready to help them?”

Then she noticed that Mom worked hard to cook, clean, and care for her and her two sisters. Mom somehow found the strength to do everything. Kala thought, “It must be Jesus who helped Mom.”

She noticed that Dad worked hard to fix up their house. Dad somehow found the energy to fix things up. Kala thought, “It must be Jesus who helped Dad.”

Then she thought, “Jesus loves Mom. Jesus loves Dad. But does Jesus really love me? Is He really ready to help me?

A short time later, Mom lost her frying pan. She wanted to make lunch, and she needed the frying pan to cook.

Kala was hungry, and she wanted to eat. She wanted Mom to find the frying pan. But it seemed like lunch would have to be canceled if the frying pan couldn’t be found.

Kala realized that she really, really needed Jesus’ help.

So, she prayed.

Then she began to look around the house for the missing frying pan.

First, she went to the closet in her bedroom. Inside, she saw the sky-blue uniform that she wore to school.

Digging deeper into the closet, she found her school backpack. She was glad to see the backpack. She had lost it the other day. But more than the backpack, she needed to find Mom’s missing frying pan.

Kala went over to the shoe rack by the door. There, she saw many pairs of shoes. She found her shoes. She found the shoes of her sister Lana. She found the remote control for the television and a head-wreath made of artificial flowers. She even found shoes that her sister Mia had lost the other day. She was glad to find Mia’s missing shoes. But more than Mia’s missing shoes, she needed to find Mom’s missing frying pan.

Kala went back to her bedroom. She saw her toys, big and small, scattered across the floor. All of those toys were supposed to be stored in her toy chest so the bedroom would be neat and tidy.

Kala didn’t feel like picking up her toys just then, but she wondered if any toys were left in the toy chest. She went over to the toy chest and opened it up. Inside she saw only two things: a doll and … Mom’s missing frying pan!

Kala was thrilled! She had no idea how the missing frying pan had ended up in her toy chest.

She didn’t care.

She was just glad that the frying pan had been found.

A big smile spread across her face until it reached from ear to ear.

“Thank You, Jesus, for helping me find the frying pan!” she exclaimed.

Snatching up the frying pan, she ran to the kitchen. “Mom!” she shouted as she ran. “You can make lunch!”

So it was that Kala didn’t miss lunch that day.

As she ate, the food tasted especially good. It had been cooked in a frying pan that was an answer to prayer.

Kala smiled happily as she ate. Jesus had helped her. He really did love her.

Kala learned about Jesus from missionaries with Adventist Volunteer Service. One of this quarter’s mission projects will be a new Adventist Volunteer Service center at Chile Adventist University that will train students to be missionaries. Thank you for giving generously to this important project.