We’ve received the results of the MRI done late this morning which shows there are no additional fractures and that Julie’s pelvic region is stable. She will need to begin weight-bearing (and teeth-gritting) tomorrow and just tough it out—without surgery or a cast.
I am free to step out for a walk and experience the vast change in culture from the interior of Papua New Guinea to one of high tech and world-renowned shopping. (Lord, help me to resist fast food.) Julie, on the other hand, is rather stuck at the hospital.
We don’t know yet how long we’ll be here — either in the hospital or in the home of another Wycliffe missionary family for extra days of recuperation.
We still hope to continue on to Guam from Singapore and have sent off an email to the airline asking for help changing the original flight leaving from Cairns a week from now to one leaving from Singapore around the same time. The normal cost to get from Singapore to Guam on this same airline is astronomical however. We’re hoping they treat it as a trade-off.
A quick story about our flight from PNG to Singapore: At one point, with a myriad of stars spread across the night sky, we flew over dozens of lights from small ships below us which left me feeling that I was really surrounded on all sides, even below, by stars. It was an odd feeling to think of flying above stars. At another point, however, I looked out my window and saw absolutely no lights at all, up or down. We were low enough that clouds above obscured any stars and there were no man-made lights below. It felt so lonely. Then I looked out the window on the opposite side of the aisle and was surprised to see that we were flying past an island full of bright lights.
Julie’s injury was no accident. While we were looking at the facts of fractures, pain, expense, lost vacation plans and tons of effort to get back on track, all we neede to do was look in the right direction. Then we could see that we’re not alone and that there is help near at hand if we need it.
We have already seen God's continuing provision for us. The Singaporean nurse on the medevac flight, a Christian, took wonderful care of Julie. She even visited us today in the hospital and brought us a cell phone to use while we're here. Another patient at the hospital loaned us her power converter so that we could plug this laptop into the electrical outlet and keep it running. God worked in amazing ways through several people to return Julie’s laptop that was inadvertently left on the jet over 12 hours before. I'm allowed to stay in Julie’s room as alodger and avoid the time and expense to travel between a hotel and the hospital. The meals at the hospital are varied and gourmet quality. We've been offered a place to stay in Singapore when we are able to leave the hospital. Our airfare for the flight from PNG to Australia has been refunded. A person from Wycliffe Singapore visited us in our hospital room to encourage us and to trade US$ for Singapore currency.
And we know He loves us. He will see us through this. Pray that we will be faithful to our faithful God.
Jon
I am free to step out for a walk and experience the vast change in culture from the interior of Papua New Guinea to one of high tech and world-renowned shopping. (Lord, help me to resist fast food.) Julie, on the other hand, is rather stuck at the hospital.
We don’t know yet how long we’ll be here — either in the hospital or in the home of another Wycliffe missionary family for extra days of recuperation.
We still hope to continue on to Guam from Singapore and have sent off an email to the airline asking for help changing the original flight leaving from Cairns a week from now to one leaving from Singapore around the same time. The normal cost to get from Singapore to Guam on this same airline is astronomical however. We’re hoping they treat it as a trade-off.
A quick story about our flight from PNG to Singapore: At one point, with a myriad of stars spread across the night sky, we flew over dozens of lights from small ships below us which left me feeling that I was really surrounded on all sides, even below, by stars. It was an odd feeling to think of flying above stars. At another point, however, I looked out my window and saw absolutely no lights at all, up or down. We were low enough that clouds above obscured any stars and there were no man-made lights below. It felt so lonely. Then I looked out the window on the opposite side of the aisle and was surprised to see that we were flying past an island full of bright lights.
Julie’s injury was no accident. While we were looking at the facts of fractures, pain, expense, lost vacation plans and tons of effort to get back on track, all we neede to do was look in the right direction. Then we could see that we’re not alone and that there is help near at hand if we need it.
And we know He loves us. He will see us through this. Pray that we will be faithful to our faithful God.
Jon
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