The annual ACTS church camp in Yala had come to end. I had slept in the dormatory for teenagers which meant lots of talking and little sleep. I had been awoken at 5:30am by the usual person blowing a whistle to get people up for the prayer meeting.

Later in the morning I had gone to our car and checked the radiator, oil etc. However, as I found out later, I forgot to put the radiator cap back on. Instead I had left it on the radiator and closed the bonnet.

After some morning meetings I had been out to get some important medical results with no problems and still me forgetting that I had not put the radiator cap back on.

Camp came to a close. We packed up our car along with 4 Thai believers and headed out back home to Pak Phanang, a four hour drive away.

After about 15 minutes driving I heard a noise come from the engine. It stopped after a short time so I thought nothing of it. A little time later I noticed that the temperature gauge rising rapidly. We were on a new road in a place where you did not pull over because you could be attacked or worse.

I opened the bonnet and found steam etc coming out of the radiator. It was then that I realised that I had forgotten to put the radiator cap back on. This is when God stepped in...

1) I found that we had some water but not enough to fill it up.

2) Less than 5 minutes later Belinda Callow came along this road and gave us all the water they had. Not enough to fill up the radiator but enough to get us to an army camp down the road.

3) The army soldiers, though startled gave us enough water to get back to Yala.

4) When we got back to Yala there was a major Buddhist festival which meant there was no mechanic around to check if we had a leak in our cooling system. However, after all the driving around we realised that the temperature was ok and that we had no leak.

5) We got back safely to Pak Phanang without any major problems.

What still baffles us to this day is that the radiator cap should have fallen off long before we pulled the car over on the side of the road. Our only explanation is that God had kept it from falling off. We praise God that we have a God who care so much for us He would keep the radiator cap from falling off. I think people call it ... a miracle....