You often hear stories of things happening to other people
and deep down you think to yourself “that wont happen to me�. Well, this time,
it happened to me. I had heard stories of other world racers being having their
belongings taken or even held up at gun point, but it caught me of guard when
it actually happened. The morning of the 5th of July, I woke up to
the horrific realization that we had been robbed as we slept. My macbook, my
iPod and even my backup external hard drive had been jacked along with several
others belongings by what seemed to be Tanzanian ninjas. My laptop was against
the wall on the far side, on the mattress that I had on the floor. My iPod and
hard drive, also right next to me on my bed. I’ve gone over this many times and
there is no doubt in my mind that my thief would have actually had to step onto
my bed to be able to reach my laptop from any direction. As you can imagine,
the idea of this is beyond creepy. Another guy sleeping in the room we suspect
may have even had his earphones taken out of his ears as our friendly,
neighborhood thieves took the laptop that the earphones were connected to.
Sounds like the work of a ninja, does it not?
By the grace of God I do feel that I have truly been able to
forgive the ninjas over the last few weeks. Even though I know these were just
temporary things in a temporary world, it is still a struggle to have them
taken away. I felt so incredibly violated and would have never imagined how
easy it is to fall into anger, distrust and unforgiveness. I pray that they
will somehow come to know the God that has been loving them through it all and
desires true relationship with them.
The Good news? God is still in complete control and He is
still good. Even when life seems chaotic or things happen that we can’t
explain, Jesus always wins.
