This past Tuesday, Cameron and I were headed back on the long drive from the capital of Namibia. We were coming back from taking Matthew to the airport to go home. The trip had been pretty much uneventful until we were one and a half hours away from home. This is when the day changed a bit for us. We got a flat tire. Getting a flat tire back home is bad enough, but being in the middle of nowhere in Namibia is something different.
Luckily it is still not hot here yet, and we blew out right in front of a nice shade tree. I thought I had all the tools to change the tire, but unfortunately we were missing the wrench needed to remove the spare from under the van. So we tried to flag people down, yes, in the middle of nowhere in Namibia.
This is where the prayer part comes in. Cameron and I are standing out waiting for what few cars come by and it is getting dark soon. Driving in Namibia is not safe at night, and being outside in the dark stranded is even worse. So I made the comment to Cameron, "Buddy I don't know what we are going to do if no one stops to help." Cameron without hesitation said "Dad I know what to do. We need to pray for God to get someone to stop." I immediately agreed and we prayed for God to let someone stop that could help.
So we then went back to trying to flag people down, and still no one. Then Cameron said, "Dad I remember the story in the Bible where they prayed for a boy three times and he came back to life, so maybe we should do that." I said that sounded good, so I prayed once more and Cameron prayed. Within the next five minutes a guy stopped to help. We got the tire changed, but the spare was flat! What a day. He then said, that last week he bought a brand new pump. He said when he bought it he really did not know why he was buying it, but it was on sale and he figured it would come in handy. Well, God knew why he was buying the pump, because he knew the man would be helping us out yesterday.
I was very proud of my son and his genuine faith in our God. Cameron has always had such a huge faith in God, and yesterday he was doing what was natural, he trusted in God when a problem arose. We can learn a lot from a six year old in the middle of the desert and on the side of the road with a flat tire.
