Miracle Story
There are certain blessings that come when you are in a third world country. Life is a little slower. Good conversation under a shaded tree is more valued that a checked “to do” list. People generally walk slower with frequent stops to greet others instead of going from point A to point B in the most time efficient manner. However, there are some challenges that go along with third world countries… Life is a little slower. The “to do” list is not as valued as the shaded tree and the results are told in the unchecked boxes. With little surprise, point B is rarely ever reached. In fact, point C or D seemed to be the best place to stop and point B is altogether out of the picture. Third world countries have great blessings and great challenges in the eye of a Westerner.
Just a few months ago, Kids Across Africa experiences some of those blessings/challenges during our camp. Despite the difficulties of cultural pressures and variances, it was not difficult to see God at work. Could we share with you what we saw to be a miracle during the 2009 Kids Across Africa Summer Camp?
One of the challenges we face each year in holding a sports camp in East Africa for 150 kids is the problem of electricity. Have you ever planned a birthday party or even gone out to eat and questioned the fact that it might not happen because the electricity might cut out? I didn’t think so. We didn’t either until we started thinking a little more like the people of Africa. Electricity seems to come and go like the wind. It comes on when it wishes and leaves when it feels fit to. It is not bound by a simple switch on a wall.
Each night (which would necessitate electricity) we held our K-Life services for the kids. They consist of fun games, skits, testimonies, worship, and a speaker. However, the third night of K-Life in summer ’09 will be remembered forever. We were singing together and preparing for the gospel skit when all of a sudden, we got the news…
THE WHOLE DISTRICT OF MUSANZE HAD LOST ELECTRICITY!
What? We peeked outside the camps walls to see the whole city in darkness. There were no lights anywhere, yet to our amazement, we could still see each other. We looked around and noticed the obvious fact that we still had electricity! It was a true miracle! Our camp location was on the same power lines as the local shops, businesses, and restaurants, yet all of them were in a blackout. God was doing a great work and had a great plan.
We stopped K-Life for a moment and announced the current news. There was a rumbling in the kids and the general message that came forth was, “God is doing something amongst us that he does not want to stop!” The kids were so excited to hear the gospel preached that night knowing that God was “keeping the lights on” for us. While the whole of Musanze was dark, we worshipped the Lord in the light. It was a miracle.
Please pray in the same manner for those kids who received Christ at the camp, that they may be a “light in the darkness” and a “city on a hill” for country of Rwanda. God is doing a great work.