Lucy

Those of you who were on the inaugural trip from Cleveland to Quito in January, 2004 will remember our transportation being in the hands of Lucy...

And those of you who were on the second trip from Cleveland to Quito in October, 2004 will remember that as you guys left the guesthouse to go to the airport, my own bags were packed and I was headed to live with Lucy and her family (way) to the south part of Quito...

Due to changing responsibilities and needs on my part, I wasn´t able to stay with Lucy more than those first 3 months in Quito,,, but was able to stay involved with her and Karen on a regular basis for that whole first year. Since then, we´ve not visited as much, but have managed to stay in touch, and I´ve bumped into her and one or the other of her sons (Christian and Jonathon) off-and-on in the past couple of years.

Lucy called me Saturday to tell me that Jonathon was in the military hospital (he´s about to graduate in a couple of weeks), having been hit directly in the forehead with a large rock during some detonation exercises... she said he´d never lost consciousness, memory, appetite or any basic abilities whatsoever. I went to see him that very afternoon, and he was dozing when I got there. When he opened his eyes and saw me, said "Hi, Michelle" with a huge smile on his face.
When I called to check in yesterday afternoon, Lucy said he´d be discharged today, with no surgery pending (there´s a bone fragment loose from his craneum is all),,, but rest and follow-ups planned.

Would you please join me in prayer for Johnathon and the whole family,,, for his continued MIRACULOUS recovery... they´re a tremendous Christian family,,,, and with Christian and Johnathon BOTH being military guys,,,, well, an incredible witness to that whole community. You´d better believe people are already talking about it!

Oh, yeah... and Karen and I have plans to go hang out with Mars here in the not-so-distant future. She´s sixteen now. I´m looking forward to catching up with her a bit.

Thanx for your faithful prayer support for this beautiful and loving family who opened up their home and lives to me, who made it initially possible for me to be here.

Michelle