Well - with a title like stranded it would seem like a trial, but we have to praise God. As you can see, we have been driving quite a bit on our journey... Out to a farm daily for the fish farm project, on a safari, returning the team to Lusaka and back, and out to the bush to view the property, as well as here and there in Ndola. All the while with an annoying squeal in the drivers side wheel. Before we left for Ndola we took it to the shop and they said it was an alignment issue. Yes - after the alignment it ran better, but still it was crying to us. Sunday afternoon while I (Bonnie) was driving of course, I felt a klunk. I stopped the car and the wheel was no longer straight, but angled out like a newborn colts legs or a giraffe trying to drink water. We ( pastor Francis, two YWAM missionaries, Charles, Matt & Myself) literally picked up the back of the truck and turned it 90deg to go up a street, and then again to turn into a driveway because God was sure to let us break down 5 houses down from a friend of Pastor Francis with a locked area to store the car. James, one of the YWAM missionaries had just preached about Davids mighty men having the power to do feats only because of the power of God... we were able to test that in action.
Today we went to the rental office and they gave us a "saloon car", suitable for in town use only. (very nice by the way), and went with us to look at the car. They found that the "wishbone" actually broke in half, so they are still working on it and hopefully we will be able to pick it up tomorrow. We can only praise God that it broke in a location where we could store it, less than a few miles to walk home, and the rental company would tow it and we didn't have to pay for a tow. It is truely a huge blessing... I'm sure the rest of the team can truely understand what an ordeal it would have been if it broke at the farm...
Anyway --- on to bigger and much much better things..... Sunday was a baptism at the "river jordan", actually the river Kafubu, but it is affectionately called the river Jordan. Several of the young adults were baptised including Charles, Mupe, Delnard, Efraim, Nswana!!! It was really awesome to be there for such an important day in thier life. I have video for Mark and Michelle and Debbie because I know you will want to see it!!!!
Please pray for our poor sick truck!!! Thanks so much... Hopefully we will be on the road to the EAST tomorrow!!!
love you all! Matt & Bonnie
3 comments:
Praying about this, certainly. I can only imagine what would have happened if the wheel had broken on the farm? Airlift anyone? When God allows ordeals - it is usually near resources of some kind...I suppose he likes to spur our creativity and imagination!
Thanks very much for keeping us updated with what is going on. God has the Umbrella !!! Jesus reigns !
our thoughts and prayers,
Mark
Wowee! Glad it worked out so well. Praise God!
As Ed and I like to say "Keep on Truckin" Jerry too.
Kate
Praise God that you are safe and have wheels. You sure are covering a lot of ground in a very short time. God must be blessing you and keeping your energy up. We missed your phone call and are very sad about that. We love you both and you are in our prayers, heart and mind at all times. You have certainly had some awesome experiences that you will never forget. God is truly reaching people through your work. May He continue to guide you through this last half of your journey.
Love,
Mom & Dad
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