We are truly experiencing Mozambican life! Today we noticed our water pressure was gone - come to find out that the city had turned off the water a few days ago and we had been using up the tank water. We were almost out of water in the tank. Plus, we were out of drinking water! It's a weird thought to be all out of water! Thankfully, the Lord supplied us with water. This morning we awoke to the water being turned back on and the drinking water will arrive in an hour or so.
What is this about an AK47? Yes, we had quite the experience last night. We went out to dinner and on the drive home in a dark alley we were pulled over by the policia. It is common for them to pull over drivers and ask for papers of the driver. Well, our policia was "policia with attitude." He demanded papers of not only the driver, but also out of all of us. We did not have any papers with us but we did not tell him that. Then another policia arrived with an AK47 and opened Lee's door demanding papers. Rodger knew he had no right to open the door or demand papers so he finally got him to close the door. In the mean time he continued to walk around the car with his rifle trying to intimidate us. Yes, he was intimidating! The other policia argued and argued with Rodger over the papers. I prayed that God would give us favor with this man. After quite a while of heated discussion and intimidation, they let us go. Rodger said it was the first time since 2000 that he was nervous of the policia. Back in 2000 he had an AK47 pointed to his face demanding money from the policia. He said that the stop was night "right" and he was going to call his friend who is a police inspector today and let him know what happened. Needless to say, we had quite an interesting evening! We are thankful for God's protection.
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