A typical Saturday turns out to be anything far from ordinary. A day planned to spend time with friends out of town ends with an unexpected phone call. A phone call from a fellow missionary stating my flat/apartment has been broken into. As I arrived back to my home, indeed I found that a person broke in through three security doors. The person used a 1/2” piece of rebar to pry and force entry through these security doors. Once inside my home, they took any and all electronics that they could find. Including three laptops, GPS unit, camera, speakers, MP3 player, mobile phone, along with a pair of sneakers and a water pump/filter. The police were notified and came to the scene of the crime to document and interview.
The good news is no one was harmed or injured. Plus the Lord was looking after me as my personal and work laptop was not at my home but at the office. The person also did not steal either of my two external hard drives which store all my personal information and data. Thus I did not lose any critical data or information. All three laptops were not mission critical. Their primary purpose was home entertainment (movie watching or music playing) plus emergency backup to my main laptop.
I am actively working with the local authorities. I provided a detail list of items stolen and the values of those items. I am far from holding my breath on the chance of recovering any stolen items.
The biggest distraction to me has been personal violation of my home. I feel disturbed, interrupted, and simply violated. The trust or sense of security I had in my little apartment is now gone. I personally feel safe but none of my possessions I feel is safe while I am absent from the home.
Please pray for me as I struggle emotional. Pray for security and safety while I reside at my home. Pray that I may rest well at night. Pray that God will convict those who broke in and stole from me. Pray that the local police will be active in searching for those who have committed this crime.
As I have been mediating and praying over the past few days the scripture God brought to my heart is that of Jars of Clay in 2 Corinthians 4.
8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
11 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.
18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
2 Corinthians 4 (NLT)
I may be knocked down however I am not destroyed. Yes, trouble is lurking on all sides. However, Paul challenges us to fix our eyes on things that cannot be seen. Not to fix our eyes on earthly material possessions but things that are stored in heaven where moth nor rust will destroy. Thus these things we cannot see will last forever.
Tyler and Emily in PNG 
Tyler,
I am so glad you are okay. We will certainly be praying for you.
Love you bro!
Lisl
thanks for the news. We will pray for your peace and safety. You are loved, tyler. hurry home. love, grandpa and grandma
What a shock! Can’t imagine how you feel, but so grateful they did not get your personal info. Just had a friend stateside whose house in AZ was broken into and everything taken as well. So hard to take – will be praying God’s great peace. Blessings, Noel and all
Praying for you that ALL your needs will be met. Grace and peace, weldon
Tyler,
Stefan and I are so sorry to hear about the break-in. We are praying for you.
This is so hard i know but we serve a God who has a purpose for you, and for all of us…so press on!
We love you. In Christ,
Stefan and Binget
We were broken into once and Ruth had some antique jewelry stolen that had sentimental value. We understand your feeling of being violated and pray for peace as well as better ways to protect things. We thanked God with you for the fact that the real important stuff was with you.
We are praying for the AGM this week. Ruth and Gerald
Tyler, you are such an inspiration ! I do so love to follow your newsletters and keep up with what you are doing.It seems that if I have a bad day and I come over here and read what you are doing I seem to get a smile on my face ! Just something about the love you have for God and the enjoyment you get from doing Gods work.You are one of his best and I am so sorry that something like this has happened.You are in my prayers each day and I know that who ever is responsible will be punished in HIS way some day.Please take care !
In His Grace
Renee (Christina’s mom )
Being vulnerable is not a good feeling, but it’s an honest feeling after an experience like you have gone through. You have such a gift of expressing yourself and focusing on what you know to be true, God’s supernatural protection over you. If we could only see the many angels who are surrounding and protecting us from Satan’s attacks, I think our courage would rise up and we’d continually be praising the Lord for His love and grace. God is building your faith and I am so blessed to read your blogs and to see how God is working in your life. He even has a purpose in that thief’s life…it will be interesting how the story unfolds and if you will ever know what purpose this event had in God’s plan for this man. We serve an awesome God and He will faithfully protect you in every way, Tyler. Thanks for sharing so honestly. Love you much and praying each day for needs that we don’t know, but God does, and that gives us all so much peace. Aunt Becky