Lyle's accident, Twins and Simba Ulanga

Dear Friends,

Thank you for standing with us in prayer, we really need it right now.

This first part is Lyle’s own words and then I will continue where he left off…

I write to you not in the best condition. Yesterday afternoon I was on a short trip on my motorcycle. I was doing about 60 km/h or 40mph when a young boy started crossing the road with his bicycle. It all happened so fast, I tried to go to one side but went right into his bike. I was thrown off my bike, and onto the tarmac I went with a big impact. I got up quickly wanting to get myself and my motorbike off this busy road. There was a big truck not far away speeding toward us. I tried to lift my 250 Honda but was unable. A local guy ran to help get the bike off the road just before this truck came flying by. This truck driver either had no breaks or no respect! The boy had been knocked off to the side of the road already so he was out of danger. A bit confused I sat down to gather my thoughts while many locals by this time had gathered to see. After sometime I was taken to the police. Not in any shape to be there, I had to give a report and had to get a paper from the police before they would allow me to go to hospital. Jette had joined me at the police station, I was in the state of shock and the body was not doing good.

At this point, Jette is writing again. Our good friends, the Lloyd-Jones’, left the twins in good hands at home and came immediately to be with us at the hospital, which was a great comfort, and our girls were taken well care of at the Danish school. After two and a half hours wait the doctor came. An Italian doctor, orthopedic surgeon at that, so very qualified. It was worth the wait, he checked Lyle thoroughly including an ultrasound of his abdomen to check for any internal injuries. Thankfully there were none, but the x-rays showed that Lyle has a bad fracture of his right arm, a finger broken on his left hand, possibly a broken rib as well as an injury to his neck. And unsurprisingly he is quite scraped and bruised. Thankfully, he was wearing his helmet and a sturdy leather jacket. Otherwise there is no saying how bad it could have been. The young boy miraculously only hurt his right knee and is being treated at the hospital. Lyle’s arm was put in a temporary cast and he was allowed to come home and sleep. This morning we returned for Doctor Mario to set the fracture (under full anesthetics) and then we got a nice new room to ourselves at the hospital to recover in. We came home in time for supper and lots of hugs and questions from the girls. Lyle needs to wear a neck brace for two weeks, a finger splint for 3-4 weeks and the cast for 5 weeks, so he won’t be jogging or playing volleyball for a while…

I sit here writing, not in a state of shock, but in a state of gratitude for what might have happened but didn’t.

So thank God with us for his protection and for the help and love we have felt from all our friends, Africans and non-Africans alike.

Please pray for rapid recovery for Lyle and that our move to Zambia the end of this week can go ahead as planned. We will be taking the train for 24 to 30 hours to get to our new home in Kabwe.

TWINS

A big praise for Yohana and Benjamin. Both are doing fine, happy and healthy little boys. They have both more than doubled their weight since their arrival, AND they have both tested negative for HIV! God is so good!! We’ll try get new pictures of them on our website soon. Pray that God will continue to provide for all their needs, he has been doing it in amazing and unexpected ways until now.

Simba

Please continue to lift up Simba Ulanga in prayer. He is being taken back to court in the same case he was in prison for. We don’t know a lot of details, but God does, so stand with us in the gap for this man of God!

May the peace of God that passes all understanding remain in and with us all!

Much love from Jette and family