On July 17, 2013 at 1:00 am I woke up and heard something. I tried to go back to sleep because I thought I took a nap after lunch. Then I heard Mister John yelling something over and over again after a few minutes if him yelling. I finally realized something wasn't right.
I grabbed the stun gun and started praying (The stun gun was given to me a couple of nights ago just in case anything happened because thieving is very common. I have heard everything go on outside of the walls every night since we have gotten here. Its been crazy from party music to tribal witchcraft music starts at 9pm and goes until 5am ridiculous.) Anyways I finally realized that there were people here and that we were being attacked. I heard several different male voices saying things in English. I heard some of them go upstairs. I then heard the door to the girls house open and Bailey was finally let out our night and shining armor.
I then asked one of the guys on our team if he was awake and asked if we should get out he said no stay in your tent. He got out of his tent and then they came running to the tents. They told him to sit on the ground or they would kill him. They then got to Alyssa's tent said give me money give me laptop she said I don't have anything I don't have anything they went and told him to give me laptop give me money he said he didn't have any.
My tent was next so I stayed waiting for them to come to me instead of going to them because earlier I heard someone say they had a gun so I wanted then to come to me instead of me me going to them.
As I eagerly waited for them to come to my tent so I could use the stun gun Julie got out of her tent and said look we don't have anything it's all inside dude we don't have anything. Heather our contact yelled John and Bialy the dog came running to our rescue. I got out of my tent because I heard Heathers terrifying scream and thought they got Julie. When I got out I realized that the stun gun wasn't working. I yelled at Kyle did they get Julie turned around she was behind me and then I yelled everyone get inside.
All the girls were inside sitting in a circle praying and singing. As we sat together we heard all the noises outside. The boys came and told us that they had caught one of the guys and that they are just finishing checking the place to make sure no one was hidding on the property still.
I can honestly say that the whole time I didn't feel scared or fear and that I felt true peace and safety. For some reason I knew that no one was going to touch me. It was a crazy feeling the whole time knowing that no one could touch me and that I had a force field around me protecting me.
After a minute or two that it calmed down we had realized that one guys bookbag was stolen with a ton of logistics money and his passport and ID was taken. I started to pray that everything that was of value to us and that we needed would get back to us.
When the Kedesh boys went to check to see if anything was on the street they found his passport was thrown down in the middle of the road not on the side or hidden in the bushes but literally in the middle of the road. All I can say is that it was straight up Jesus!
Two of our 5 guys got hit in the face with a machete. The stun gun that I had and the chain saw that Mister John had never worked. The gun that one of the guys had was later found buried in the dirt and was not working either.
It is so crazy to think about the only weapons we had didn't work nor did the weapons that they brought worked. I believe it was all The Lord and his angels protection and that He didn't allow any outside help whether it was for or against us.
The culture here is to beat a criminal to death and then burn them. We called the cops and they had never showed some people from the village that had heard the commotion came to see if it was the same person that had been robbing and terrorizing them. We found out he was and that he was part of a gang of guys that have been doing this for 2 years now but no one can catch them. We were the first group that had put up a fight back.
The cops didn't show so as soon as sun light came people from the neighborhood rallied around and put the guy in a wheelbarrow and wheeled him the the police station. There were many people from the community that walked him to the police station we were not sure if he was going to make it there in one piece. However he did and he ratted his fellow gang members out to save his own life. This was very good for the community.
My new love Bailey the dog got a hold of a couple of guys he got hurt pretty bad but is doing well now and is back to normal. Everyone seems to be doing physically, emotionally, and spiritually ok we can see how big our God is and how safe and protected we all feel. We can see the bigger picture that this hang is not going to bother this community again because we stopped them after two years of terrorizing. We also can see that The Lords power is stronger than any weapon that we have or that is formed against us.
All of us were very upset when we found out that we had to leave early from our ministry site because of what happened. I have grown accustomed to many of my little friend there, the amazing stimulating conversations that I have had with our contacts Heather and John, and wish that I had more time at that little oasis.
