Road to Indonesia-----Haitian Missionary Release

 A fellow CMA missionary here has a personal contact with the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti.  Her daughter-in-law's aunt was one of the hostages. On Sunday the friend here was able to tell us the story which is now public.  On Sunday we were still asked to wait to tell the story, but we just listened to a newscast from Christian Aid Ministry.  The 12 missionaries who were left imprisoned waited on God and became convinced they were to try to escape.  At the point when there was a shift in guards and no one was present, they were able to open the door where they were being confined and walk 10 miles through the jungle to safety.  This involved a 10 month old that they had securely wrapped so the briers they traversed would not harm and a 3 year old.  The missionary here related it to Peter's escape from prison.  What an incredible story of faithfulness. The mission newscast was full of prayers that the kidnappers would find faith in Christ. They also reported that there were other sets of hostages being held close to them, and the released prisoners asked prayer for those hostages.

I also wanted to share a paragraph from the prayer letter sent from a fellow teacher in our last country of service. I was blessed to know how the church in this country is strong and growing and being a blessing.  She writes: 

In order not to get “dinged” for being late online to church, (They call her if she is not up and present!)  I have been getting up at 4 AM for services 5 AM - 6:30 AM Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. I am getting to bed earlier then too, but am really enjoying the depth of the messages being shared. I am so immersed in the message, I’m disappointed it has to end so early, that I need to still get ready for class. But it gets my mindset ready for the day. I’m taking notes now of the messages, translating the gist of them to go back over and review later. There is so much meat in them, I just need time to process. The Word is proclaimed and explained in a very different, fresh way when it’s through the eyes of another language and culture. I’m getting such wonderful new clear insights.

God's ways of blessing and deliverance are not our ways.  Remember that when times of persecution and difficulty come.  He works miracles.  Sometimes by miraculous deliverances, and sometimes through growth in the midst of suffereing.