Sunday July 27th 2008

Watch Out For The COW!!!
On Sunday, July 27, 2008, Christ’s Hope officially opened the Ark in Oshikuku. There was a big dedication and there were around two hundred people in attendance to see the building officially opened. There were many people who spoke and said some wonderful things but there was one statement that really stood out to me. The National Director for Christ’s Hope Namibia said that he wanted to thank the children because it was in honor of them that the building was even built. It did not matter to me what everyone else said. That statement said it all and I believe that God smiled when He heard that. It reminded me of the verse where Jesus says that what we do for the least of these we do for Him.
After all the celebrating was completed several of us had to return to Okahandja that same day because we had to attend the Care and Compassion Consultation that was beginning at 8:00 AM the next morning. It is an eight hour drive during the day but at night you must drive much slower because there are animals that are often on the roads.
We left Oshikuku at around 5:30 PM and began our long journey home. At about midnight we were driving and a vehicle was coming from the other direction so we turned off our high beams. After the car passed us we turned on our high beams again. Just as we turned on our high beams we saw some dark figures on the road ahead of us. Apparently after the car passed going the other way a herd of cows began crossing the road. We hit the brakes and watched as we drew closer to the cows. It became apparent that we were not going to be able to stop in time. We ended up hitting one of the cows pretty hard and came to an abrupt stop.
Now you have to understand that the engine was in the back of the vehicle so there was nothing between us and the cows but the bumper and the windshield. I was in the passenger seat and had a very close view of the cows when we hit. The Lord had His angels working overtime because we had slowed down enough that we did not hurt the vehicle or the cow. We and the cow were pretty shook up but we were all OK.
Needless to say we drove even slower the rest of the way home. We saw many more animals on the road and because we were driving slowly we were able to avoid them all. We finally arrived home at 3:00 AM in the morning and had time to sleep for a few hours before we had to attend our first meetings. We thank God for his hand of protection that was on us. Had we been driving the normal speed limit we would have been seriously hurt and the cow would have probably been killed.
Thank you for your prayers. I am sure it is all the prayer coverage we have that also protected us.