When It Rains...

Last night Magda took a turn for the worse. She is continuing to vomit and getting thinner by the day...As Blanca says, "Poor Magda, she is going to get blown away by the wind!"



Last night it was decided that Gloria was going to take Magda to Hermosillo for further testing. We needed a note from a clinic here, so as Gloria was getting ready, I ran Magda into the Hospital for a note from the dr. My Grandpa Fiechter was with me and in my hurry backing out, I took the mirror off of Nicole's car (remember that). After waiting for 1 1/2 hr in ER (and grandpa patiently sitting in a crowded Mexican Hospital Waiting room) the Dr. came in and after some negotiating and frustrations, gave a note to send forward to Hermosillo.

Gloria and Nicole rolled out the drive at about 12:45 with Magda laying in the back seat, hooked up to her IV. At about 12:55 a van pulled in honking crazily and informed us that the girls had been in an accident. They had crossed the two lanes of oncoming traffic and rolled twice, breaking out all the windows. The car is now completely totalled...I am getting ahead of myself.

When I found out the news, I was out by the new church with grandma and grandpa. The ambulance was on it's way and Joan had gone with EMT who was visiting to go the accident scene. No one knew what was really going on. The workteam gathered to pray and as soon as they were done praying, Seth walks up with carrying a sobbing Yaneli. Her finger was shut in the van at school and it looked very broken. Yaneli and I headed back to the emergency room at the local clinic.

When I arrived carrying Yaneli we were quickly ushered to the emergency room by everyone we passed. I walked in (there are only 3 beds in the room) and there lay Magda and Gloria. I guess Yaneli came in a few minutes after the ambulance. Joan was there amongst a flurry of action of Doctors, nurses and the police. Needless to say, CVE dominated the ER today. Gloria, Nicole and Magda are all beat up and are hurting, but no serious injuries. Yaneli was scheduled for an X-Ray and it seems that she just has a really bad jam. She is thrilled with her sweet splint, cool "pictures" (x-rays) of her hand and Piña Colada.


Magda is in a lot of stomach pain (the original reason for the trip) and still on IV. She now has additional head and neck pain. As Yaneli and I were leaving one of the nurses laughed as he called out, "So, we will see you tomorrow!" (Implying another injury...oh no.)

As I write all this, I am encouraged. God is so good. We were spared so much. I think it would be fair to speak on behalf of the whole staff and say we are tired of continual health problems, we never want to see the inside of another hospital and don't understand why "when it rains it pours." However, we can see that God is doing some kind of great work. Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

On one positive note, it no longer matters that I broke the mirror on the car.