Well, it is getting late and I am getting tired (its almost 9pm and you would understand if you were over 50 and living at the equator) but I just have to share this.
On Friday morning at about 11:30am in the town of Rose Hall 2 banks were robbed simultaneously by a total of 15 heavily armed bandits (actually they each only had 2 arms but several guns). I was at church with about 6 other youths/men helping to build a basketball court about a mile away. Word on the street got to us as we were trying to buy "form lumber" for the concrete pad so we all left the church and went to a home of one of the guys whose dad was home and who is a member of the Guyana Defence Force (the Army) to wait it out. Br. Mike our pastor and another believer had just been at the bank and left before this whole thing happened. Everyone in the villages were really frightened. The bandits got away with a good amount of money and only wounded one person. But they created chaos and fear by the way they were shooting up the area with AK 47 Assault Rifles. This was Friday as I said.
Today Monday, Terri and I went back in to Rose Hall where the robberies had taken place to just visit around. I realized that God was leading us to spread comfort and peace through the Lord Jesus Christ to several of the vendors that Terri normally deals with at the market as well as several others that we met along the way. As they shared their stories (some were right on the street in front of the banks almost) we were touched by the terror they had dealt with. 2 or 3 young people who sold "ginnup," a small fruit) at the road side stated that they wanted to recive Christ as their Savior. A Hindu lady is becoming more open and several others are opening too. Praise God for His care for us.
This was certainly not our normal day off but what a treasure it has become--sharing God's peace in the midst of trouble--that's real peace. God wanted us to be there with the vendors to share God's Peace that is available in the midst of terror. "He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High will abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord that He is my refuge and shelter, my God in whom I trust. " There is no better place to be.
We ended our day by taking an hour's walk to the Atlantic Ocean with our Muslim neighbors.
Thank you for all you do to keep us here to train the nationals to Carry the Banner of Christ.
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Wow-what a neat chance to share with those people. And you walked to the ocean with your neighbors-what a neat walk! Was it 1 hour both ways?
I am still out here in cyberspace. We're praying often for you guys, especially as elections ramp up. Tonight is Indepedance Day eve. Tomorrows gonna be loud.
You guys can walk to the ocean, that's cool!
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