Collin Hansen:
This week, we watched together as a real-life rescue drama unfolded before our eyes thanks to the wonder of cable television. One by one, 33 men trapped about half a mile below ground for more than two months emerged from the copper and gold mine they once feared would become their tomb. It wasn’t just the family and friends of the rescued miners who shed tears of joy when their loved ones emerged from the rescue capsules. Viewers, too, rejoiced over this modern miracle.
The rescue of trapped miners in Chile answered many prayers and re-united families.
The successful recovery surely answered a host of fervent prayers. One of the miners, a evangelical, buoyed the spirits of the other men by leading a Bible study. He corresponded with a Baptist pastor above ground who encouraged the men with a note. The pastor, Marcelo Leiva, told Baptist Presswhat he said to José Henríquez:
I encouraged him for remaining days of confinement. That he would remember the promises of the Lord, to have hope and confidence, and that he would also convey to the other 32 miners the message that the same God who has guarded them is the One who is going to guide them in the rescue. And so the anxiety can be dissipated with prayer and confidence in God.
According to Henríquez, the trapped miner, two men professed new faith in Jesus Christ during their confinement. When one of the miners’ wives learned her husband had become a Christian, she, too, found faith in Jesus.
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