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<<<   Many of you had kind words for me in response to my last update. This one will prove to you that I deserve absolutely none of them.

Let's start with the Bible smugglers' reactions when I returned after bagging up the Bibles the Lord granted passage through His miracle. None of them were shocked because the Lord had granted similar miracles to them and others in the past, but rejoiced at the news and glorified Jesus.

One of them then advised, "See what the Lord does when you trust Him? Now the key is putting the kind of trust in God for Bible smuggling into the other areas of your life."
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After sending my last email, I left for the warehouse to rendezvous with the others and cross into Hades for the group's annual retreat.

I wasn't sure if we would be smuggling Bibles en route. At the warehouse, I was pleased to learn that we indeed would be smuggling Bibles, packed a suitcase and joined the others in prayer. Needless to say, I was still flying high from the miracle the night before. I asked God what I could do to honor Him after what He had done.

As I headed for the border on my own (we went off in 1s and 2s so as not to be all bunched up) the Lord gave me His answer. He impressed on my heart that I was to walk right up to the customs guard counter, put my personal bag for the retreat on the counter, put my passport away into my neck pouch, grab my bag and the suitcase off the counter, and walk to the exit. I was sure the Lord would blind their eyes again, and became excited at the prospect of emailing you to rejoice with you and to glorify Jesus together via another email.

I approached the Hades immigration with confidence, cleared it, and headed into the customs hall. As I rounded the bend and headed toward the counter, I suddenly realized that only 2 guards were on duty behind the counter. I had already passed one so the only person between me and the exit was the second one, who was a young girl sitting back from the counter near the exit who didn't seem to be paying much attention.

What the heck, that's it? Where's the opposition? Before I knew what I was doing, instead of stopping at the customs counter, I just kept walking, even looking away from the last guard, which is the worst thing you can do while smuggling Bibles. Right before the exit, she called for me to go back and put my bags through the scanner. Even before doing that, I knew I was caught.  >>>