At 8:00 am on Synday, Willy came to tell us that Pastor Philex, one of the association's pastors had been attacked, robbed and left for dead last night!
The thieves apparently beat him to unconsciousness and stole his motorcycle. Philex eventually woke up, tried to use his phone to call for help but the call would not go through. After some time, someone found him and got help.
Willy and Beatrace went to visit him in the hospital. Later that afternoon, Moses said that he was going to be ok. We were all relieved.
Then, unexplainably, at 9:30 pm, Kim came in to my bedroom to tell me that Philex had died!
She went over to talk to the children (they all knew him) and the boys walked back to their cottage across the yard.
Isa told me the rest of the story this morning, " Jesus loves us, you see. We were walking right beside this snake in the grass last night. It was so big! But he did not bite us! Jesus loves us! It was passing right between us!"
John chimed in, "Yes, I stepped on it with no shoes and began yelling 'The snake, the snake!' Our house mother thought it was surely a frog. But the guard came and killed it!"
I can not express the level of gratitude for the Lords protection over the children last night.
This morning, our devotion was about caring for the widows. How appropriate in this time of loss for Philex's family. His wife and children who are beginning this day without their father/husband.
I don't know how to even compare or comprehend both events. Something so horrible and then something so wonderful as His protection.
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