About Smash & Grab Incident - Macks

Here are a couple of updates from Dr. Mack regarding a recent incident they were involved in:

Dear Loved Ones in Christ,

To our wonderful God of grace and mercy we give thanks for His kind providence in protecting us from serious harm in the recent instances of mugging and theft and smash and grab incidents we recently experienced. It was and is of great comfort to know that He is always alert on our behalf. Though our situation is not nearly as precarious as was the situation of John Paton when he went to the New Hebrides Island as a missionary we still find encouragement in the words he wrote when he was facing an attack by a large group of headhunting neighbors, "I knew not, for one brief hour, when or how the attack might be made; and yet, with my trembling hand clasped in the Hand once nailed on Calvary, and now swaying the scepter of the Universe, calmness and peace and resignation abode in my soul.... My God had placed me there, and would protect me till my allotted task was finished. Looking up in unceasing prayer to our dear Lord Jesus, I left all in His hands, and felt immortal till my work was done" (Autobiography of John Paton [Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, reprinted 1965,94], p. 117).

To God be the glory that by His grace we can leave all in His hands and trust Him implicitly. "For of Him and to Him and through Him are all things. To whom be the glory forever"( Romans 11:36). Thanks again for your interest and prayers.

For His sake,
Wayne and Carol


Dear Loved Ones in Christ,

We have received so many notes of encouragement (via Email) that we wanted to send a note to our beloved friends who have supported us and shown an interest in our ministry. We give thanks to them and especially to our wonderful God of grace and mercy for His kind providence in protecting us from serious harm in the recent instances of mugging and theft and smash and grab incidents we recently experienced. We had to replace the window and it prompted us to have smash and grab protection put on all our car windows. Should have done it previously, but.... (Incidentally, one African pastor told us that these incidents now qualify us for really being considered African in that we have now experienced what many Africans have experienced.) Anyway as we experience a little bit of what many Africans have experienced it was and is of great comfort to know that He is always alert on our behalf. Though our situation is not nearly as precarious as was the situation of John Paton when he went to the New Hebrides Island as a missionary we still find encouragement in the words he wrote when he was facing an attack by a large group of headhunting neighbors, "I knew not, for one brief hour, when or how the attack might be made; and yet, with my trembling hand clasped in the Hand once nailed on Calvary, and now swaying the scepter of the Universe, calmness and peace and resignation abode in my soul.... My God had placed me there, and would protect me till my allotted task was finished. Looking up in unceasing prayer to our dear Lord Jesus, I left all in His hands, and felt immortal till my work was done" (Autobiography of John Paton [Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, reprinted 1965,94], p. 117).

To God be the glory that by His grace we can do just that – leave all in His hands. "For of Him and to Him and through Him are all things. To whom be the glory forever"( Romans 11:36). Thanks again for your interest and prayers.

For His sake,
Wayne and Carol