We were stuck;
locked in the women’s restroom at a petrol (gas) station on the road back to
Mafikeng. The trip had been going relatively smoothly
for an entire 24 hours, but that came to screeching halt in this dark, unpleasant
restroom. The last member of the short-term mission team entering the restroom
had shut the outside door and didn’t realize that the latch was broken and
wouldn’t work from the inside.
After everyone
had tried turning the latch and shaking the door repeatedly with no change in
the doors locked status, one of the ladies climbed up on a toilet in one of the
stalls, opened the window, and leaned out to summon help. The door opened easily from the outside and
our relieved group filed out into the sunshine.
How often do we
get locked into problems and situations with no way to get out on our own? We keep trying the same things over and over
to get out, but with no success. Unless
we recognize our need for God’s help, we stay locked in the dark restroom of
our problem. But, once we ask Him for
help and are willing to accept it, he will bring someone or something to open
the locked door from the other side.
Hopefully the
remainder of the team’s time here in South Africa can only improve! Please pray that the seeds planted during
this short-term trip will grow and flourish over the next few years.
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