God is so Amazing!

Just wanted to update a continued saga concerning the Suburban's fuel pump failing. After the repair in Francistown by my new found friend Darren, the team picked it and headed to Gaborone. It worked great. Then the new pump decided to stop working properly 170km away in Palapye. It had worked fine until just before the team had to stop at a Hoof and Mouth Prevention station. This process is a lot of fun (not), getting out of the car, stepping in fungicide, spraying the tires and getting back in the car. Once they made this stop and headed down the road, it started to failed again.

When they arrived in the next village, Palapye, where they decided to drop the Suburban at the nearest shop. A God moment was beginning to happen. The team missed the first service station they wanted to use and had to pull into the second one available. There is a bus stop located beside the second station. A gentleman got off a bus near where they stopped the car and offered his assistance. He was concerned the people there would take advantage of them and stayed with them to watch and help. One of the pastors asked him about his salvation. His response was, he had been waiting for Jesus and had not found him yet. He decided he needed to change his life and stopped smoking and drinking beer several weeks ago. Since then, he has been waiting for Jesus to come in his life.

If you know Ken Galyean, with Call to Africa that did not take long after hearing his story. In all this confusion of car failure, this man announced he was a sinner in need of a savior. He is now a born again believer after Ken led him through the plan of salvation and the sinner's pray. A local pastor/missionary arrived shortly after this had happened. One of the team members who knew him and had called him to asked for his help. As they introduced him to the man, the man asked if he knew of a church near where he lived so he could find a church to attend. As God would arrange it, the man lived just down the street from this pastor and his church. Amazing how God can arrange all this to happen at the right moment using my Suburban's fuel pump failure as a catalyst for transformation. The cost of what we experienced to help a lost soul find an internal home, is priceless. God had already been working in his life weeks before they arrived with a broken down vehicle. God used His servants to finish His work.

What did I learn? Our obedience can be uncomfortable, expensive and painful but worth the cost to see God's work fulfilled around you. Not only was one man's life transformed, all of us know God a little more and ready to take a next step with Him. How do I feel? Amazed that He loves me enough to use me and those around in such amazing ways that can not be explained by any other way but, "Go God".

Continue to pray for the work needed to repair the Suburban to get it properly running. Please pray for us not to be discouraged and wait on the repair. I hate using the word patience. I don't like praying for it but we need for us to embrace it right now. Pray for my muslim brother who became a believer 7 days ago. Pray the bible I gave him speaks knowledge and wisdom of Christ to his heart and mind.

Thank you for your love and prayers,

Scott