Thursday, November 23, 2006

It's a God thing.

Ronald preached on Sunday and shared the following story.
He was ridiing his motorcyle up the hill near the Seventh Day Adventist church building when all of sudden "Boom". His engine made a terrible noise, died and would not start again. He pushed his motocycle to a mechanic who opened up the engine and gave him the bad news.
"Your engine has seized. Many of the parts are broken. It will cost over 800,000 shillings ($400+) to fix."
Ronald shared the last time he preached how his motorcycle really doesn't mean anything to him. It is just a machine. Even if it were taken away. It doesn't matter that much.
Well, now it has been.
He prayed about it and decided not to share with all of his friends. He repented for trusting money and friends to solve his problems instead of the Lord.
He went with us to Kampala but we did not know about the motorcycle. He returned to Fort Portal and prayed some more about his problem.

He recieved a phone call from a friend that he had not heard from in three years.
"How are you doing Ronald?"
I'm fine!
How is your motorcycle?
Well I had some trouble with it this last week.
"What's wrong with it?"
The engine siezed.

"What kind of motorcycle do you have, Ronald?"
It's a Honda XL125
Really?

We had a motorcycle that was in a wreck and it was destroyed. .. everything except the engine. It works.
It was a Honda XL125
You can have it if you want!

Ronald's friend sent the engine and it was worked on and installed. I rode on it today!
Ronald spent 30,000 (a little over $15)
It's a God thing!
Praise the Lord.
Ronald told us this story after reading from the book of James about "count it all Joy."

It was a great sermon!
(I was convicted about the airplane engine. Thank you Ronald, Thank you Lord!)

Ronald was not even scheduled to preach but Dick was stuck in Kampala so Ronald filled in at the last minute.
The entire church was moved by what the Lord had done! Wow!

3 Comments:

At 3:04 AM, Blogger Kristi said...

What a great testimony! That is a cool story - thanks for sharing it.

 
At 9:32 AM, Blogger Cheryl said...

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth." III John verse4

I'm overwhelmed with thanksgiving when God's Spirit is so clearly seen in changing someone's life...from the inside out.
We're not promised we will SEE the harvest...but what a celebration when we are allowed to. Each step of faith in Ronald's life brings me hope and renewed steadfastness for the task at hand.

 
At 10:31 AM, Blogger Aimee Jo said...

That is a great story! Andrew told me about it the other day and it is very encouraging to us at this point in our lives. Thank you, Ronald, for sharing how God is working in your life.

 

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