On one of our last evenings in Ouagadougou last December, I crawled into bed after a very long day. I was in bed only about 10 minutes when the electricity went out. I stepped out of my room for a moment and asked Lynn Kennedy if everything was OK. She said that "this was a normal blackout and that the power would be out for the rest of the night."
I laid back down and as the room began to heat up from no fan or air conditioning I began to pray. I told God that He had the power to restore the electricity and again thanked Him for all that He had done for us on this trip. As I spoke the last word of the prayer, the electricity came back on.
The next morning I asked Lynn if she had prayed for the power to be restored. She said "no." I told her what had happened to me that night and she asked why I didn't come out and tell everyone what had happened. I explained to her that I just wanted to enjoy the moment with God.
About 15 minutes later our photo journalist, Kristen came out of her room and explained that when the power went out, she began to pray. She said, "just as I said the last word of the prayer the electricity came on."
Then I was reminded of Matthew 18:19-21 "For where two or more come together in My name, there am I with them."
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