Thankful to be alive!

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

I must say that I woke up this morning with a thankful heart to be given another day of life and to be so loved by a God who is faithful in all circumstances. Yesterday (Friday) as the team and I were traveling back into the city we had a pretty bad accident on the road. I was in the backseat of a rental car driven by one of our team members. We were passing a car and the car cut us off and caused us to veer out of control and head down an embankment. By the grace of God all three of us walked away from the accident with little or no injuries. We are all bruised and beat up, but are thankful it was not as bad as it could have been. We were all wearing seat belts and most of my bruising and pain is in the area where the seat belt was holding me. Please pray for me and the other members of our team as we recover over the next few days. The team flew home this morning and David and I drove back to Coban. I plan to spend the next few days resting.

This is Rock and Shannon who were in the car with me. David was not involved. He was driving our vehicle with several team members with him. We were blessed to have many locals come to our aide and offer help and encouragement to us. Many told us they were praying that we were alive and would walk out of the car. Others were amazed that we were unharmed and we gave God all the glory. One lady said that our God was big because he took care of us. Pray that His name will be glorified in this area and that many would come to trust the God who took care of us as their Lord as well. We are thankful for the testimony that His name received as a result of our accident.