Shaken...but not Knocked Down

This has been a crazy few days! As many of you have probably heard, Peru got hit with a 7.9 earthquake on Wednesday evening at 6:41pm. The death toll is now over 550 I believe & the cities hit the hardest are suffering. Thank God for His protection! Alida & I had just left the house to walk up to where we catch a taxi & it just started to shake.

Keep in mind, we have tremors here. The first tremor I experienced was during a training here at the camp. There were 30 trainees - 26 ladies & 4 guys (myself and my then roommate Rich, from Florida, being 2 of them). Here comes a tremor & Rich & I are running out of the house like the whole thing is coming down & all the girls are just kinda looking at us like - huh?? Since then, we've probably had about 15 tremors that usually rattle the windows so we're used to it.

So back to Wednesday... you hear sound first.. like a train is coming... then the rattle of the windows.. then the sound of glass breaking & light poles swaying... and the ground just shifting back & forth beneath your feet. It's a pretty indescribable feeling. And this went on for nearly 2 minutes. Crazy! But thank God everyone we know is safe and accounted for.

But please, keep the families in your prayers. Churches like Camino da Vida are taking donations to the people.. and they need it desperately. Our prayer is that God can take what the devil has intended for bad, has intended to be painful, and God can use it to draw all men unto Him. Thank you all so very much for your prayers & your emails. It's good to know you have a loving family that cares about you & is praying for you!