Yeah…feeling a lot like a truck ran us over last week and we were completely out of commission for half of the week! On Tuesday night before dinner, Buddy remarked that it would be nice “to have a relaxing evening” before DTS officially kicked off the next day. People should batten down the hatches when someone says that and lock everyone in a padded room…it was just moments later when Buddy was jumping the kids on the trampoline and Megan landed on her right arm in a “compound fracture” kind of way.
After a series of misplays…we went to a government hospital at first where we were initially told that she would need surgery, but then they backtracked and gave it a cast and “hoped for the best”…a friend wisely told us to go to the “Foreigner” hospital and get a second opinion…they did surgery the next morning.
Finally on her way to surgery - 2 days later!
Megan did a great job…the hospital was fabulous…they treated Megan sweetly and she acted like getting put to sleep was no big deal, along with getting an IV two times…she’s a trooper…especially for how bad of a break it was…it made me queasy just looking at the X-ray.
Right after she got released from the hospital, we made a run for the Burma border…4 hours one way and 14 of us in a tricked out pick up truck so that we didn’t go past our 90 day visa allotment. (On the type of visa’s that we’re on, we have to leave the country every 90 days). So, off we went, headed into Burma/Myanmar, spent about 1 hour there and walked back over the border into Thailand.
Heading into Burma
Our Burmese "guide" who showed us around the Market for a small fee
If Satan was out to distract us, he did…we felt super disoriented…confused about which decision was the right one for Megan and for our trip into Burma…all on the cusp of the beginning of our Discipleship Training School….Please continue to pray for us, our students and the things that God wants to do with each heart and soul during our time together. We began our intense Bible study called “Gospel Transformation”, a tool we’ve used before that looks at the Gospel and how it not only saves us, but continues to transform us for all of our lives…it’s rich and full of God’s tremendous grace and love for us.
And so…we’re back in the saddle…praying for less exciting week, but thankful to God for His care for us…