{"id":512,"date":"2011-12-05T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=512"},"modified":"2011-12-05T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T18:00:37","slug":"be-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/12\/05\/be-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Carl and Karen Groot, Covenant missionaries to Thailand<\/em><\/p>\n

Be prepared!\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As the Abundant Life Center (ALC), the Groots and all of Bangkok prepared for the flood disaster that had hit the nation, we were at odds as to what reports to listen to and how to prepare.<\/p>\n

We sent our team home to their villages for a week when the prime minister urged us to vacate the city if we at all could.<\/p>\n

We measured up from street level at least one meter and put everything that was not waterproof up on blocks or tables.<\/p>\n

Store fronts were blocked in by hastily made walls and everyone waited…..<\/p>\n

Some people put walls around their home and sandbagged every possible entryway….and the water came up through their drainage pipes and flooded their homes.<\/p>\n

Many people waited thinking they could prepare in time, but within a few hours their homes were flooded.<\/p>\n

We have had everything up in our house and ALC for over one month…and not one drop of water has come our way. (We PRAISE GOD for this)<\/p>\n

Be dressed and ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to retu<\/strong><\/em>rn from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him…You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. <\/strong>Luke 12: 35, 40<\/em><\/p>\n

There have been so many instances during this flood disaster in Thailand that we can liken to being ready for Christ’s return.<\/p>\n