"Hello all. Just a quick e-mail to let you all know what happened 2 days ago on Sunday.A group of young people ( from the ship) went to a local beach, about a 30min drive from the ship. 2 boys, Rob & Colin, went in for a swim & got caught in a rip. Rob managed to make it to shore. Colin did not. 2 locals managed to find him & carry him to shore. It was 30 mins after it happened that the ship was notified & the medical emergency team sent. Iain was 1 member of the emergency team. 2 ex - members of mercy ships happened to be there at the scene, & had commenced CPR when Colin was pulled from the water& had kept going until the team arrived. By the time Iain & the team arrived it had been an hour with no response.The team tried for 10 mins to revive him to no avail. It was Iain's role to declare that Colin was dead.
Colin was 21 years old & had been working as a dental assistant for manymonths. Please pray for Colin's parents & 2 sisters. Colin was from Texas,so Don Stephens & his wife (founders of mercy ships) were able to go & tellthem in person. Colin's family were all at their local church when Donarrived. Also please pray for Rob & the 3 other friends who were at thebeach with Colin & for the mercy ships community. Colin was a strongchristian so we know that he is at home with his creator & saviour. Alsoplease pray that Cloin's body will be sent back to Texas with nocomplications.
Sorry that this e-mail brings tragic news. But I know thatyour prayers will be needed. It's been amazing though, how through thistradgedy has brought us all closer together & closer to our God. Even thoughthere is a sadness over the whole ship, there is an awesome sense of hope &peace knowing that Colin is in his eternal home.We'll be having a memorial service on Friday.
Iain is coping well after what happened & I guess it has been a positivething that we had to go back to work & keep busy. We operated on a 15 yearold girl today to clean out bone infections from old bullet wounds shereceived when she was 2 years old. The surgeon even found fragments of abullet in her lower leg. And yesterday we met Esther who was only 16 yearsold. Esther's hand had been held in a fire by rebel soldiers about 5 years ago. The surgeons managed to cut away scar tissue, replace it with skingraft & hopefully Esther will have a useful hand again. Please pray thettheir recovery will go well & that the time on mercy ships will ease some ofthe enormous emotional scars that they must carry.Apart from al that, we are going well & enjoying serving God on Mercyships. Please up hold us in your prayers.
Colin was 21 years old & had been working as a dental assistant for manymonths. Please pray for Colin's parents & 2 sisters. Colin was from Texas,so Don Stephens & his wife (founders of mercy ships) were able to go & tellthem in person. Colin's family were all at their local church when Donarrived. Also please pray for Rob & the 3 other friends who were at thebeach with Colin & for the mercy ships community. Colin was a strongchristian so we know that he is at home with his creator & saviour. Alsoplease pray that Cloin's body will be sent back to Texas with nocomplications.
Sorry that this e-mail brings tragic news. But I know thatyour prayers will be needed. It's been amazing though, how through thistradgedy has brought us all closer together & closer to our God. Even thoughthere is a sadness over the whole ship, there is an awesome sense of hope &peace knowing that Colin is in his eternal home.We'll be having a memorial service on Friday.
Iain is coping well after what happened & I guess it has been a positivething that we had to go back to work & keep busy. We operated on a 15 yearold girl today to clean out bone infections from old bullet wounds shereceived when she was 2 years old. The surgeon even found fragments of abullet in her lower leg. And yesterday we met Esther who was only 16 yearsold. Esther's hand had been held in a fire by rebel soldiers about 5 years ago. The surgeons managed to cut away scar tissue, replace it with skingraft & hopefully Esther will have a useful hand again. Please pray thettheir recovery will go well & that the time on mercy ships will ease some ofthe enormous emotional scars that they must carry.Apart from al that, we are going well & enjoying serving God on Mercyships. Please up hold us in your prayers.
Until next time, Jen"
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