Seeing God in Columbia – Keith Lokkesmoe
Ashok January 28th, 2009
I went to Columbia to visit Esneyder. I ended up meeting God. I knew that this trip was going to be different than any other vacation that I’ve been on. What I didn’t realize was that the trip would change my life.
Going to Bogota was, to be honest, a little bit scary. Especially reading the US Sate Department warnings about getting robbed or kidnapped or worse. The more sane people I talked with (several either lived in Bogota or had been there) assured me that it was mostly hype and I’d be just fine. Still, my “little faith” led me to talk with just one more person from Ecolab (the company I work for) who had flown into Bogota to get some advice and reassurance from him. He didn’t call back until I was already in Atlanta waiting to get on the flight to Columbia. As he talked about the fact the he never, ever took a taxi from the Bogota airport but always (emphasis on always) had someone he knew and trusted pick him up (due to safety concerns — and yes, I was going to take a taxi from the aiport) — and as he further talked about someone he knew getting kidnapped and dragged around by robbers and thieves for half a day until they stole all the money they could get from him — I really was not re-assured at all. I guess this was God’s way of letting me know that He is the only one I can really trust.
On my first day there (and no, I did not get robbed or kidnapped or threatened by anyone on the entire trip), I took a day trip to the highest point in Bogota — Monserrate. Continue Reading »
