At Camp Hope (Camp Esperanza) people wait for the moment when their loved ones are rescued.  In the meantime they hope and they pray.  Pray.  The news reporters show us people hugging and dancing as the news of the drilling break through comes through... and as they hug and dance they thank God; we even hear of prayer meetings held on the camp site.  How often do we see people praying unbashedly?  How often is prayer reported in the news?

However these people understand their faith - and they may do so very differently from me as a western protestant noncomformist - they are a witness to the world of faith steadfast inadversity.

Lord, grant them strength for this day and hope for those ahead.