Hey everyone,
So I was planning on blogging today about what I've been up to on my road trip. To tell you guys about all the cool things I've been up to like visiting Lake Titicaca and things like that, but plans change. So today I had an experience I will never forget. We were heading from La Paz back to Cochabamba, driving through the Andes mountains and our brakes went out. We were coming down the mountain and just kept gaining speed since we couldn't break and we were quickly approaching a semi so Yimy (one of the guys from Ken's home who was driving) went into the on coming traffic lane.
Unfortunately there was a taxi right there and so we swerved again, clipping the side of the car and went careening down the mountain. We bounced a bunch and side note Tim and I were not wearing seat belts, smart right? Well that's a Bolivian thing, anyways at one point we were almost on our side and we really should have flipped but for some reason we didn't. Then we came to a stop for no apparent reason other than God was protecting us. Well we got out of the car without any injuries other than Ken's friend Amy who had a small cut on her forehead from her sunglasses, God is amazing! Then we look around, 5 feet father we would have hit a drop off and falling onto a bunch of rocks and a few feet in either direction would have caused us to flip, God definitely was watching over us! Anyways all in all it was a crazy experience and one which God was definitely watching over us, and to show you a little more clearly what happened I'll post some pictures of this in the coming days.
So one quick prayer request out of this. Well I guess two, first off praise and thanks to God for His protection. Secondly pray for Yimy. He is a guy from Ken's transition home and his faith is a little rocky right now, he's an amazing guy but he's just really unsure about faith. He says he doesn't believe and we are all really praying for him. Right before the accident actually Ken was talking with him about needing to put full faith in God and if you're in the middle you never know what could happen. So we are really hoping that this enforces that and that God is using this situation to move in Yimy's life and hopefully out of this he will become a strong believer.
Unfortunately there was a taxi right there and so we swerved again, clipping the side of the car and went careening down the mountain. We bounced a bunch and side note Tim and I were not wearing seat belts, smart right? Well that's a Bolivian thing, anyways at one point we were almost on our side and we really should have flipped but for some reason we didn't. Then we came to a stop for no apparent reason other than God was protecting us. Well we got out of the car without any injuries other than Ken's friend Amy who had a small cut on her forehead from her sunglasses, God is amazing! Then we look around, 5 feet father we would have hit a drop off and falling onto a bunch of rocks and a few feet in either direction would have caused us to flip, God definitely was watching over us! Anyways all in all it was a crazy experience and one which God was definitely watching over us, and to show you a little more clearly what happened I'll post some pictures of this in the coming days.
So one quick prayer request out of this. Well I guess two, first off praise and thanks to God for His protection. Secondly pray for Yimy. He is a guy from Ken's transition home and his faith is a little rocky right now, he's an amazing guy but he's just really unsure about faith. He says he doesn't believe and we are all really praying for him. Right before the accident actually Ken was talking with him about needing to put full faith in God and if you're in the middle you never know what could happen. So we are really hoping that this enforces that and that God is using this situation to move in Yimy's life and hopefully out of this he will become a strong believer.
Shalom and God Bless
Michael
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