at the end of our trip i went to the beach with another girl from the team. we registered at a small, new hotel, walked down the beach, then watched a soccer game across the street from the hotel. when i tried to lock our door on the inside the lock wouldn't work so i asked the staff if they could fix it. they used a little wd40 and the lock worked.
during the night we heard people talking in the walkway (hallway) that went from the street through the hotel to the beach. we didn't understand what they were saying so we didn't pay any attention to them. about 10:30 someone tried to break into our room. i just figured it was maybe another guest who had too much to drink and had the wrong room.
i had absolute peace and calm, my roommate however was terrified. i couldn't help but talk about how God knew exactly where we were and that nothing could touch us that He didn't allow and that i knew He had His angels watching over us keeping us safe.
the next morning when i was talking to God i asked Him about the gift of faith. we are given spiritual gifts to help people. i can see how i can use my other spiritual gifts to help people but i was asking Him what good it was having faith if i didn't know how to use it and i couldn't use it to help people.
a while later 3 police and the hotel staff came to our door asking if we had been disturbed during the night. i told / showed them what someone had been doing as they tried to get into our room but as they didn't speak any english i didn't understand everything they said. i closed the door and again the lock didn't work. hm a new hotel, the lock didn't work, then it did when we needed it to, then it didn't.
as my roommate was still afraid we decided to leave. we called the transportation company we had been using and they came and got us. the driver spoke english and told us that the 3 hotel staff had been tied up during the night while the robbers posing as guests broke into every room and stole or smashed everything in sight. considering that our driver told us that gangs just kill people for the sake of killing i thank God that our 3 young staff were only tied up and not hurt.
my roommate told me that due to circumstances in her life she had lost her faith. she has it back now. thank You Jesus.
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