Our client [name withheld] indeed got a follow-up call from someone who left a message “claiming to be Joel Osteen” and the phone showed the call was from Lakewood. Can you share with us the identity of the caller, and the motivation for the call?

This was indeed an act of loving kindness bestowed by a caring person seeing a fellow human in need and wanting to reach out and be of help in some way. It is the fulfilling of a promise made and this is because of the nature of this individual and the effect of your client on him and resonating with him about her plight. As you know, we had a hand in this also, to orchestrate their coming together and this was an answer to a prayer of hers—to be shown some sign she is being seen and can be helped despite her pessimism. He was impulsed to further follow-up as well. That is not to undercut his humanitarian impulse, it was to amplify it and ensure this was not forgotten and that is simply because of his very, very busy schedule and the heavy demands on him coming from many directions.