At 3 this morning the cities crew arrived in Kansas City, and all 14 of us headed south in two vans as thunder and rain came down. The next few hours were filled with sleeping, snacking, music, conversation, and a few rumble strips. We made plenty of stops along the way for bathroom breaks and food.
At one point, the group made a decision to pull over for anybody alongside the road that may need any help. Not so coincidentally a little later we found a little Saturn with Illinois plates and an Iowa State window sticker on the side of the road with a flat tire. There was also an SUV pulled over on the opposite side. What had happened was that a piece of metal had flown off the other car and the Saturn couldn't avoid it and blew out their tire. I (Krista) had just woke up and was watching this all unfold, while our two vans piled out onto a very remote highway in the middle of New Mexico. The guy in the Saturn looked oddly familiar. So I got out of the van and realized that it was a friend from high school, Dustin Dooyema. Pretty amazing! He was with his wife making a move to Texas, and I hadn't seen him in about 5 years. Also to our amazement, the guy in the other car was a pastor from El Paso. Steve came to the rescue and changed the tire as we all hung out on the side of the road. Before we parted ways and exchanged phone numbers and other information, we circled up and prayed together. God is truly at work.
We are now safe and sound in El Paso, ready to get a good night of sleep and cross the border tomorrow. God is definitely planning out each step of this trip and we are expecting even greater things!
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This is amazing! What a God-cidence on the side of the highway. Thank you for the blog posts. It is wonderful as one of the sponsors of one of the young men to get real time information of how things are going and more specifically how we can pray. God's blessing for rest! Team Stevens - Marshall, MN
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