Missionaries flee hotel: ‘The room began to feel hot’

Nicola Laver  |  World
Date posted:  1 Apr 2023
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Missionaries flee hotel: ‘The room began to feel hot’

A missionary who writes for en is giving thanks to God after he and his family ran for their lives when a skyscraper inferno threatened to overcome their hotel room, in ‘a traumatic and unforgettable’ night in Hong Kong.

Reuben and Cathy Saywell and their three young sons were spending their first night in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, opposite a skyscraper construction site. Reuben had an upcoming preaching engagement at the International Baptist Church of Hong Kong (the church where Cathy was raised).

In an update on Facebook, Reuben writes: ‘Just before midnight, I began hearing loud cracking noises, which at first sounded like a nearby fireworks display. Cathy and the boys somehow managed to sleep through it all, and I was too preoccupied with my sermon study to think anything of it.

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