Lightning Strikes—God Provides!

Dear Praying Friend:

Lightning Strikes—God Provides!

“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer and while they are yet speaking I will hear.”

Two years ago we completed the Air Conditioning installations on the roof of  THE ACADEMY OF ARTS  Building. This included 6 brand new AC units and a brand new Transformer, which, by itself, cost us $7,000. This week lightning struck the transformer on the roof, which shut down all the Air Conditioners.

Drama Team training camp was to begin in 6 days, and the upstairs, which included the dormitories, had no air conditioning. What could we do? We prayed, but God had answered us before we called and He had heard us while we were yet speaking. How?

Three years before all this, Bob Jones University had given us a transformer, but the electricians told us it was not big enough to handle the AC units on the roof, so we kept it for future expansion of our electrical needs backstage. We could not afford $7,000 to replace the transformer, so we took a second look at the “spare” we had backstage.

David Brown, an electrician on staff at BJ came by and looked at the whole situation. “This transformer is plenty big to handle these AC units,” he told us. Now, we needed an electrician to help us install the “spare” transformer, and we needed a crane to lift one transformer up 30 feet and lift the “zapped” one down. They each weighed over 600 pounds, and there was no other access to the roof.

Ken Hines had a friend who was in town from Maryland. He was supposed to leave two days earlier, but for some strange reason he had not left yet. He told us He would give us the benefit of his 40 years experience as a licensed electrician. Another friend, Terry Snow arranged to get us a crane.

So, quicker than you can say, “God cares about THE ACADEMY OF ARTS ministry,” Ken Hines and company had replaced the “zapped” transformer with the “spare” transformer and had it hooked up to power. Then, they turned on the AC units, and everything was cool again!

The only cost in the whole operation was $200 for the crane. Isn’t God good? I can’t wait to see how He is going to give us AC in Van #2. The shop just told us $1,500. We said, “No thanks.” God will provide some other way!

Please join us in prayer. “And it shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer…”

Believing God,

Nicky Chavers

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