Page 38 - Living Epistles

So when they were fasting and praying, the Lord divided those forty families
into four groups. He named the heads of the families. He said, "My son, you
and you and you." The Lord, by the Holy Spirit, named the heads of the
families that He divided into groups. "You will be leaving on such and such
day at midnight. I'll lead you out into another country."

And so, the Lord, in His divine providence, took them across the border into
China. It was only a miracle of God. Only He could lead them across, because
they had never traveled that far in their lifetime. They never had guides
because they could not reveal their intent. At that time there was already much
surveillance in the villages, so they were being watched.

They said, "Lord, we have the government here too in this village where we
live; in this city. They're watching us. How can we move, Lord?" And Lord
said, "My children, don't worry. I'll lead you out." The Lord told them to leave
at midnight.

They were praying from evening right to midnight. When midnight came, they
were in prayer seeking the Lord saying, "If you told us, help us, and lead us
out." My mother related this to me. For that particular group, at midnight, the
Lord raised a great storm. It was such a great storm. There was a very big wind
with a big commotion and noise. Even the dogs on the streets didn't bark.
Everybody went into hiding. It was a big storm.

Then the Lord said, "My children, it's time to move out." They left in the
darkness of the night; at midnight. There was no KGB watching the streets or
walking in surveillance. There was nobody on the streets. The streets were
empty.

They left from the outskirts of that town, and they went quietly into the
darkness. The Lord was leading them through the night. Because it was very
close to the border, they soon came to the border. The Lord led them through
by the wild paths in the bush.

The Lord was telling them to turn right, turn left, but they didn't know where
to go, except that the Lord supernaturally led them. Turning them left and
turning them right, group by group, they all went into China.

Yes! But also in spite of God working; in spite of God's miracles; in spite of the
Presence of the Lord, there was always an element of man's flesh entering in,