Ruby Heider was accounted for missing by her family around 7:30 p.m. on Friday after they were unable to locate her while camping at Poinsett State Park, according to a news release from the Sumter Province Sheriff’s Office. The missing little child was seen as safe “under a mile from the camp site” the following morning around 11 a.m. local time, the SCSO said in a second statement, shared Saturday afternoon on Facebook.

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Sheriff Anthony Dennis said representatives located the young lady as she was “walking along the woodline,” according to CBS affiliate WLTX.

“We were praying that when we located her, that she would be okay,” Dennis said, per the power source.

Ruby was having a meal with her parents at the campground’s clubhouse when she “walked off,” Dennis told journalists, per WLTX.

Agents accept the young lady initially didn’t emerge from hiding because she was both lost and scared, the power source detailed.

Tracey Hagen told NBC affiliate WIS-TV that “each camper” in this campground came out to help search for the little child.

“We came out with flashlights, we started calling her name,” Hagen explained. “We checked in with each camper at the site knocking on entryways, asking in the event that they had seen her.”

Rhonda Mason let WLTX know that once officials with hunting dogs arrived on scene, a few campers got far removed and “started praying for the young lady” back at their own campsite.

They were excited to learn she had been tracked down the following day. “We were rejoicing,” Mason said, adding, “God is great, all the time.”

Dennis perceived the residents who helped during the search for Ruby, including the individuals who offered their prayers, according to the SCSO.

“He is thankful to acknowledge that those prayers were answered this morning,” the department said in its second news release.

Ruby’s parents “were very happy” to learn their daughter was seen as safe, Dennis said, per WLTX. The sheriff thanked the various agencies that assisted the SCSO in the search for Ruby, including the Sumter City Police Department, Local group of fire-fighters and EMS as well as the FBI, Shaw Air Force Base personnel, and more. “There was adequate [enough] volunteers that many of them didn’t get a chance to help,” the SCSO said.