i know its been awhile since i wrote my last blog, but when i was in kenya last month we did various ministries. one of those was doing a ministry at a local hospital. it was amazing. we walked around the different wards and talked with different people who were there and prayed for them. it was amazing to see how different the hospitals in africa are, compared to the hospitals in america. we should only be so lucky to have everything we have, and yet somehow its not good enough. but i digress.
while i was there at the hospital i got to pray for this one girl and stole my heart. that is who i am writing about today. her name is janet. and about a year ago, janet was any normal 20 year old. she was excited with life and in love. she was actually getting married. actually the wedding was going to take place in 2 weeks, when she had the accident. she was on her way into town to buy some supplies for a little party she was having. her parents and her future parents-in-law were coming to see her and she needed to get some supplies for the party. sounds fun right? well, one would think but thats not really the case.
so she was on a matatu (which is public transportation in kenya. let me give you a visual. its a small van that they pack full of people. i believe they try and put as many as possible in one load.) with about 10 other people. when all of a sudden the matatu wrecked. it crashed on the side of the road. 6 people died instantly and the other 4 including her were severely hurt. the red cross showed up to help the people. they had on their uniforms, which were white with the red cross on them. so you know anyone could identify who they were. well then the police showed up, they thought the red cross people were robbers and shot every single one of them.
so now we have 6 people who have died from the matatu and now the red cross people are dead too. mass chaos right? thats what i would think if i was there too. so janet was one of the lucky ones who got taken to the hospital in bungoma (which is where we stayed for the month). she came in the hospital with a messed up leg. she was lucky. she only damaged her leg. of course it was pretty bad.
they have actually had to place a steel bar in her leg so her tissues and muscles could fuse together. its been a long and painful process right now. she has recovered so much in this past year, both physically and spiritually. when they first started coming the hospital to pray for her, she just felt like giving up and dying. she felt like she didnt want to live anymore.
so the people that came had a huge challenge on their hands. they decided not to give up on her. they came by every monday, wednesday and friday to pray and encourage her. they gave her a bible and gave her different scriptures to read each time. after awhile she began to turn around and she began to want help and she wanted to get better. so when i met her a year later, i would have never guessed that she was in that mind set. i know her as a bright and wonderful woman of god, who wants to get out of that hospital and get back to her life!
so please keep her in your prayers, that she can have a speedy recovery and get back to her life. also please pray for my team and please pray for my family as we are still trying to get through this time.
as always thank you and god bless you guys!! much love
