Dorcas of JoppaIn the town of Joppa lived a woman named Dorcas. Her first name was Tabitha. Dorcas spent her days doing good. She sewed robes and coats for widows, women whose husbands had died. She carried bread to hungry families too. One day Dorcas became ill, and she died, and the whole town felt sad. Her friends laid her in a room upstairs. They sent two men to Lydda to ask Peter, a friend of Jesus, to come. Peter came at once. The widows stood around him and held up the coats Dorcas had made. Peter asked everyone to go outside. He knelt down and prayed. Then he told her to get up, and Dorcas opened her eyes and sat up! Peter gave her back to her friends, alive.