When my son has had a rough week in school, I can pick up the phone can tell his godfather about it, and my son will receive his own phone call from his own grown-up. She told Vladika Anthony and Vladika Hilarion about the surgery, asking for their prayers. Vladika Anthony threw open the relics and prayed for John over them, at the tail end of the day of the Glorification itself, when he d already been on his feet for more hours than I can contemplate. John came through the surgery healed and strong, and we were greatly comforted by so many prayers. Godparents have great boldness before God.
Godparents are our person to contact in case of emergency.
For older converts especially, a godmother can answer all those questions that a woman would rather die than ask her priest. Godfathers can do the same thing for men. Godparents hand you good books, and ask, later, if you ve read them. They ll ask about your grades. They ll remember which subjects you find difficult.