So funny thing happened.. we had just started ministry. My ministry consists of about 40 children ranging from about 3-10 years old. Teaching them the word through bible stories, games and songs.
So to paint the picture.. we arrive at our church we are ministering at and we introduce ourselves and start singing some songs. We Decide to sing the song “my God is so great.. so strong and so mighty.. there’s nothing my God cannot do..” we thought it would be a good one, so we get to the part where God is really big and my tall self got out of hand and way too excited and I jump up and hit my hand on the Blade of the moving fan.
At first I didn’t realize what had happened, I didn’t feel anything either. Said I was fine cause I didn’t want to cause a scene In front of all the kids.. then I look down at my hand and realize there are 2 huge gashes in my fingers, and blood is gushing everywhere at that point on the churches floor( great first impression.. am I right? lol)
My Go pro camera was recording our message so there is video proof of this if you click here I posted it to facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carly.roselle/posts/1879429318750521
Anyways after that I get taken to a local doctors house, while my team is continuing ministry and they wrap my hand and give me antibiotics so I go back and we finish ministry. We preached to the kids about the story of the lost sheep, and reaffirmed the kids of the value that they have in Christ. Played several games and did some other songs.
Our Indian hosts are so gracious to us. They prepared a large meal for us, and a big pot of chai tea and we ate and drank tea till we couldn’t take anymore.
So where does the hospital come into play? So During dinner I’m eating with my right hand ( the hand that just got cut open by a fan blade may I add) because it is not culturally acceptable to eat with your left hand because that’s the hand you use to wash yourself ( it’s considered your dirty hand because in Indian cultural you don’t use toilet paper)
So any-who back to the story.. so I’m eating my delicious food and my hand starts bleeding through my bandage. So I’m thinking hmm this isn’t good.. so we finish up at our hosts family. We pray over them and there family, and then they wanted a few of there neighbors prayed over as well.. so we do that.
We go back to our church we are staying at and I take off the bandage and we’re all thinking it wasn’t looking good, and uncertain if it was infected or not so we decide to go head to the hospital.
I walk into the emergency room, and they asked what happened and I couldn’t help but laugh at what I did. They laughed too. They were actually kinda shocked that I was in there in the first place, because for one I’m white and it’s not every day they see a white person so naturally they asked if they could get a selfie with me, and I said why the heck not? So that’s what we did. We took a picture. I got 2 shots of antibiotics in my butt, we wrapped up my hand and we called it a day.
So I’m doing well, really i feel fine! So no worries there. Really looking forward to ministry again tomorrow at another church. I just have to watch out for those gosh darn fans.. other than that love you guys
-Carly Roselle
