Elizabeth- Part 2..... Health Ministry with a Saw
Last night I had the opportunity to visit Elizabeth once again in her home. The pastors wife Reyna and my friend Lucia accompanied me. I was very pleased with her progress in these past 2 weeks. I had found out too that I was misinformed originally about the vehicle that hit her, it was actually an oil truck that had been parked on an incline, and the brakes went out, with no driver in the driver's seat. And so she was hit.
Anyways, good news is that the driver responsible for the truck is covering her medical bills for another clinic instead of the "sorry" hospital that she was going to. She is getting better care there. Some other semi-good news is that her husband who abandoned her and the kids last year, has shown up a bit, and is assisting a bit, giving her a wheelchair. So she has that to help. (He also played her part in getting her pregnant before the accident, yet continues to claim that the marriage is over and that he does not want to reconcile..... please add this situation to your prayers for her.)
Ok, so last night's visit. Like I said, I was very pleased with her progress in the past few weeks. Last night, I observed how she had been transfering herself from the bed to the chair, and from the chair to the bathroom. I was pleased with how she was doing it. I instructed her on some exercises to do in bed as well as in the chair. She had been in bed these past few weeks, and so I also instructed her to start getting up to the chair at least 3 times a day, and gave her some exercises to do as well. She was quite eager to do them, and had a great attitude about it. She has a partial cast so that her wounds from the accident can heal better. I took a look at those wounds, and they seem to be healing really well too.
What encouraged me most, was her outlook on everything:
- "I may not be able to get to church right now, but I know that God is right here with me, and He encourages me everyday."
- "In the taxi on the way to the hospital, the taxi driver told me that I should convert to catholicism because all these bad things happen to me. I told him that I was not going to, that it is Satan who is doing these things to me, that the Lord is saving me. The Lord didn't take my life from that truck, He saved me from what could have happened."
- "Sure, I'd like to be working, but the Lord has it right now for me to be here healing, and it gives me more time with Him."
It was such a sweet visit. The Peru twist in the story, is giving her crutches. I was able to purchase some aluminum crutches to donate to the Huaycan church for times such as these, but the vender only had one size. (One size fits all doesn't work well for the smaller framed Indian population..... I would estimate that she is maybe 4'8). The vender told us that if we did need to make it smaller, we could measure it and cut it with a saw. So that is what we did. We got her up, measured her with the crutches and the right height (it was already on its lowest setting). Some neighbors let us borrow a saw, and Reyna and I stepped out of the house and sawed her crutches at the marked point. It was definetly the first time I've ever used a saw for anything in health care!
Thank you for your prayers for her. Please keep them coming!
Anyways, good news is that the driver responsible for the truck is covering her medical bills for another clinic instead of the "sorry" hospital that she was going to. She is getting better care there. Some other semi-good news is that her husband who abandoned her and the kids last year, has shown up a bit, and is assisting a bit, giving her a wheelchair. So she has that to help. (He also played her part in getting her pregnant before the accident, yet continues to claim that the marriage is over and that he does not want to reconcile..... please add this situation to your prayers for her.)
Ok, so last night's visit. Like I said, I was very pleased with her progress in the past few weeks. Last night, I observed how she had been transfering herself from the bed to the chair, and from the chair to the bathroom. I was pleased with how she was doing it. I instructed her on some exercises to do in bed as well as in the chair. She had been in bed these past few weeks, and so I also instructed her to start getting up to the chair at least 3 times a day, and gave her some exercises to do as well. She was quite eager to do them, and had a great attitude about it. She has a partial cast so that her wounds from the accident can heal better. I took a look at those wounds, and they seem to be healing really well too.
What encouraged me most, was her outlook on everything:
- "I may not be able to get to church right now, but I know that God is right here with me, and He encourages me everyday."
- "In the taxi on the way to the hospital, the taxi driver told me that I should convert to catholicism because all these bad things happen to me. I told him that I was not going to, that it is Satan who is doing these things to me, that the Lord is saving me. The Lord didn't take my life from that truck, He saved me from what could have happened."
- "Sure, I'd like to be working, but the Lord has it right now for me to be here healing, and it gives me more time with Him."
It was such a sweet visit. The Peru twist in the story, is giving her crutches. I was able to purchase some aluminum crutches to donate to the Huaycan church for times such as these, but the vender only had one size. (One size fits all doesn't work well for the smaller framed Indian population..... I would estimate that she is maybe 4'8). The vender told us that if we did need to make it smaller, we could measure it and cut it with a saw. So that is what we did. We got her up, measured her with the crutches and the right height (it was already on its lowest setting). Some neighbors let us borrow a saw, and Reyna and I stepped out of the house and sawed her crutches at the marked point. It was definetly the first time I've ever used a saw for anything in health care!
Thank you for your prayers for her. Please keep them coming!
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