“He will rescue us because you are helping by praying for us.” 2 Corinthians 1:11

Just as the early apostles depended on the prayers for safety offered by the churches, we also covet the prayers of the saints for our safety here in Sudan. 

Sunday the Lord delivered us from armed bandits.  Our family was driving to Rumbek, 100 miles away, to collect and escort some visitors back to Tonj.  The road was recently fixed and the journey would have been fast except we were ‘inconvenienced’ by a flat tyre that would not let us get going quickly.  One vehicle passed us, we struggled with the tyre change when 30 minutes later another vehicle came and this time stopped to help.  We were just 1 km from where people were killed a week ago, completely stranded on a rural road and trying as best we could to get moving again quickly!  We thanked our good Samaritan for helping us, prayed with him for his safety and continued on our way.  We encountered a few cattle herds in the road and then after 45 minutes came to a village where the army pulled us over for questioning.  They explained a car in front of us had been robbed by cattle herders at gunpoint just before we came through.  We knew immediately our Lord had protected us and delayed us with the flat tyre.  It is a wonderful reminder to allow the Lord to ‘inconvenience’ our lives as we really don’t see and understand all that He is doing for us.  Our trust needs to be completely in Him, giving thanks in all circumstances.