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Matthew 6:19-21: I praise the Lord for all the prayers that were prayed while my friend and sister in the Lord, Gayle, was here because I know this had a great affect on events that followed her time here.
On the night of Feb. 12 at 5 am we had a person (we think a man) break into our house. My room mate was awakened by the flash light as he searched the night stand next to her bed. She, thinking it was me, asked, “What are you looking for?” Upon hearing her, the thief turned and left the room closing the door behind him! When Emily realized it was not me she got up in pursuit. She was not thinking clearly. Thank the Lord he had left by then. We then turned on lights and found our computers were gone, my external mouse, some money, a pair of earrings from my dresser. God protected all of my money and more important He protected our lives. I believe with all my heart our Lord had us covered by the palm of His hand and no harm came to us.
We kept praying that God would receive glory in this. The very next day one of my newest students, James, came for class in the morning. While two men were working on installing new locks on our doors, this dear young man was lead to the Lord. He prayed to ask Jesus into his heart and all heaven rejoiced. It can’t get much better than that! Our computers will be replaced by insurance and money given back and nothing can take away our peace in our Lord. We celebrate in James’ salvation. We celebrate in the Lord being our refuge in times of trouble and our protector against harm. We celebrate the power of prayer and fasting and how the Lord answers.
The week before Gayle left, we both presented the plan of salvation clearly to our guard, Mohamed. But he did not want to pray. Now he has been fired as our guard because he was asleep when the robbery took place. Please pray for him and that the Lord will work through this in his life.
Colossians 2:6: Today I went to turn on my air conditioner with the remote control, which is the only way it can be turned on, only to discover it had been stolen as well! I became angry and frustrated about this and all kinds of negative thoughts flooded in uninvited. But praise the Lord that my new I-pod with all my Christian music on it was not taken even though it was sitting on my desk next to my computer. I put on this praise music and had to listen to many songs and cried some healing tears until the flood of negativity was gone and I was able once again to be positive and go forward. One of the songs about God’s faithfulness and then the song reminding me that my help comes from the Lord has ministered to me in this storm. He has never left my side and I praise Him. Yes, I must work at building myself up in my faith but He is faithful even when I am weak. I realize I must put into practice His word when the hard times come. Oh, how awesome to be ministered to by our Lord, for it is 5:00 in the morning and it is just me and my Lord. Oh, how loving He is.
It is in the hard times that we see just how wonderful our Lord is. Thanks to all the people who continually lift me up in prayer, I will be fine and continue to finish this course. God bless each of you with His most rich blessings.
Thank God for the director of Samaritan’s Purse for the use of his old computer until I leave for home in August.
Love and prayers, Bonnie
