Linda, Diego, Kenia and I (pictured left) just had an amazing weekend in the mountains of Matagalpa. We enjoyed one another's company, the beauty of the Nicaraguan mountains, amazing coffee, and time worshipping the Lord. It was just an incredible weekend!

    We left Matagalpa and began driving through the curvy mountain roads on our way to pick Tommy up from the airport. We were in the middle of nowhere when suddenly the truck started smoking, smelling like burnt rubber, all emergency lights on the dashboard came on and the power steering cut out. Diego maneuvered the truck to the side of the road.
 
   So here we are stranded on the side of the road on top of a mountain in the middle of

nowhere. This is not the first time that the truck has broken down. In fact, over the last few months this has been a fairly regular occurrence. Fortunately, we serve a God who is incredibly faithful in the midst of our truck’s unfaithfulness!

    Diego and Linda begin looking at the engine and trying to figure out where the smoke is coming from and what is burning. Quickly they realize they have no idea what is wrong with the engine or how to fix it. We called our mechanic in Candelaria and he offered to come to us on motorcycle and fix the truck, but we knew that it would be at least 4 hours before he even arrived to where we are.

    We sat there just looking at the engine wondering what to do next. Then Linda says, "I can't wait four hours for a mechanic. Jesus I need a mechanic that is here now. Send us a mechanic that can help us!"

    Not even 30 seconds later, a truck stops on the side of the road to see if we need help. Two men hop out of the truck and the younger one says, "Don't worry. He [the older man] can really help you. He's a mechanic." PRAISE JESUS!!!

    Linda threw her hands up in the air in worship as Juan Jose (our mechanic) began to fix to truck. What an amazing answer to prayer that the Lord brought us a mechanic to the middle of nowhere within 30 seconds of praying. The men had everything we needed; they brought about five gallons of water for our radiator and tools from their car and fixed the problem with the engine. Apparently the hose that runs between the engine and the radiator had a hole in it, leaked water, and then begin to burn the hose. Juan Jose repaired the hose and sent us on our way.

    And just for extra hint of the Lord's faithfulness, Tommy's flight had been delayed an hour which allowed us to all arrive at the airport at the same time. Our truck may be unfaithful, but our God is incredibly faithful!!