I just received a prayer request from a good friend and Pastor of the church we used to attend before moving last year. He and his family just moved to Colorodo about 2 weeks ago.
Apparently, on Wednesday night, he joined in a soccer game with some high school-aged boys. Some were Christians and some were homeschooled as well. A heavy rain began to fall, but they kept on playing. He had to leave and asked if any of the boys would share their phone number as he has a teenage son and they're still trying to meet people. One of the boys offered, so they went and got into the Pastor's van to write it down. Right at that moment, lightning struck the field, knocking out several of the boys. One later died - a devoted Christian young man who was one of 11 children and had just returned from a missions trip to Brazil.
Neither the Pastor or the boy with him in the van had realized what had happened. The boy had gotten out of the van and the Pastor had driven off. He happened to be going to the Sheriff's Department at the time where he learned what had happened and hurried back to be with the boys and their families.
He asked for prayers for Andrew (who died) and his family (who showed incredible grace under the circumstances). This is a reminder that we should embrace each day and live it for the glory of God as we don't know when our time will come.
Comments
Jul. 22, 2006 - Praying here for family
Posted by LizzieBee
Oh, what a terrible tragedy. Praying here that the family is comforted. Inexplicable.
Thanks for your comments. I want to start a blog on homesteadblogger (I'll keep the other one, too) because I'm going to need all the wisdom of everyone on it to help make our property profitable. I'll be very new to homesteading, so I need all the help I can get!
Thank you for your prayers. It is a very stressful time (moving, home-buying, traveling, new job, pets everywhere, etc). I know your prayerful support will bless us and I am grateful to have it.
I wish our 'team mentality' extended to household chores. It's worse than pulling teeth to get the kids to come together to clean the kitchen or straighten up. I just want to pull my hair out sometimes. It's really my lack of parenting skills that has contributed to their bickering and competition. But I'm working on it. I've got some ideas and I'm working on implementing them. Onward and upward!
Jul. 28, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by ktneis
That is very sad but God does call us home when we least expect it.