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Santana, (the middle of nowhere) Colombia 1988

Have you every screamed out loud, really cried out, to the Lord for help in sudden danger?  One time my wife and I were traveling between Bogota & Cucuta which is an 18 hour drive in our 1984 Ford Fairmont. (In our 14 years abroad, we only owned a car for 2 years) There are many steep mountainous cliffs on the way there and no side ledges to pull off onto and many crashes occur when one semi-truck passes another between the mountain and the cliffs on these single lane highways. The dangerous factor is that driving around the curving mountains one is blinded to not be able to see when you will face 2 trucks head on with one passing another! When this happens, one will collide or dive off the cliff trying to get out of the way! This very scenario happened to me and my wife and by a miracle a small edge appeared by the cliff side and we pulled over on it to brake to a frightening stop as 2 trucks passed us on that pitch dark road in the Andes. My wife and I both cried out, “Jesus, Jesus save us!” Instead of going off the edge of a mountain we were saved! How could God time it so precise with that ledge appearing right at the right time to save us! God has saved us from death many times, actually! Thanks be to God we did not die of heart failure either! A near death experience, a sudden fear, or an accident will drive you seek God! It is just a natural response to either cry out to God, or to curse God, depending on your heart’s condition!