REAL-LIFE TESTIMONIAL FROM CHRISTIANS STAYING @ MEULABOH,ACEH, SUMATRA, INDONESIAPraise God for such wonderful testimonies. May you be blessed by it.God Protects His own!We know that 80% of the town of Meulaboh in Aceh was destroyed by theTsunami waves and 80% of the people also died. This is one of the towns thatwas hit the hardest.But there is a fantastic testimony from Meulaboh. In that town are about 400Christians.They wanted to celebrate Christmas on December 25th but were not allowed todo so by the Muslims of Meulaboh. They were told if they wanted to celebrateChristmas they needed to go outside the city of Meulaboh on a high hill andthey can celebrate Christmas there .Because the Christians desired to celebrate Christmas the 400 believers leftthe city on December 25th and after they celebrated Christmas they stayedovernight on the hill.As we all know, in the morning of Sunday, December 26 -2004 , there was theearthquake followed by the Tsunami waves destroying most of the city ofMeulaboh and thousands were killed. The 400 believers were on the mountainand were all saved from destruction.Now the Muslims of Meulaboh are saying that the God of the Christianspunished us for forbidding the Christians from celebrating Christmas in thecity. Others are questioning why so many Muslims died while not even one ofthe Christians died there.Had the Christians insisted on their rights to celebrate Christmas in thecity, they would have all died. But because they humbled themselves andfollowed the advice of the Muslims they all were spared destruction and cannow testify of God's marvelous protection.This is a testimony of the grace of God and the fact that as believers wehave no rights in the world. Our right is come before God and commit ourlives to Him. Our right is kneeling down before the Lord almighty and commitour ways to Him. He is our Father and is very capable to care for Hischildren. Praise the Name of the Lord.Bill HekmanPastor, Calvary Life Fellowship in IndonesiaPastor Willem (Bill) Hekman, D.Min., D.D. 542-00231 [mailto:whekman@attglobal.net ]mailto:whekman@attglobal.net
