This is an excerpt of a letter Adriana wrote.
“We have much to praise God for, and are very grateful for how He has been our help in moments of despair and sadness. Glory to Him alone!
“Our trip back to the village was a bit troubling. The weather indicated that it might rain but it wasn’t preventing us from traveling. At a certain point, dark clouds were quickly approaching. It is quite common on these trips to drive through rain, but for some reason Jeff parked the speedboat along the bank of the river next to a local resident’s boat. But, I was worried about the time and said, ‘Let’s just keep going.The storm is not going to be very strong!’ Jeff, still not convinced, continued on. This was one time I think it was terrible that he listened to me! We went on for about 5 minutes before the storm of rain, wind, lightning and thunder hit us. I had never seen anything like it. Our speedboat is aluminum, and aluminum is metal, and lightning really likes metal–metal and water! The lightning was all around us and we thought we were going to meet the Lord at that moment.
“Our boat has a covering on top and on the sides, but we keep the side coverings off while traveling. We had no time to put the side coverings up, and we were afraid to step on the aluminum floor of the boat for fear of getting electrocuted, so we and our baggage got sopping wet. I started to cry in despair. Until then, the kids were fine, but when they saw their mother in tears, they too, including Janyssa, started crying. At that moment we could only do one thing–cry out to our Father for help, and that is what we did.
“The lightning and thunder continued above us like flames of fire but the Lord was with us amid the fire… In that moment God brought to my mind that we are nothing. We are insignificant before the power of our marvelous God. But God cares about us.”