Hey Everyone! I'm Still Alive if You were Wondering!

Hello All,

A lot of you probably read my mom's blog and read mine through hers. So you probably no about what happened on my mission trip to the Florida Keys this summer. If not I'll go over it quickly. It was the first day of the mission trip and everything was going fine. We got to where we were staying in Islamorada,(pronounced alla-mo-rada.) Florida late on a Saturday night. Now mind you we had been on that bus for about twelve to thirteen hours. We got the supplies and our things in the school we were staying in and then started getting ready for bed. I was in a bathroom stall and there was no air conditioning in the bathroom. I was standing up and then a fan thing started to get really loud! Next thing I knew I opened my eyes and I was sitting against the bathroom stall door. I some how got out and washed my hands before I started to feel faint again. So I sat on a bench in the middle of the floor, before realizing I might fall off if I fainted again. So I lay down on the floor and called a very feeble help. Finally one of the women leaders came in to check on me and found me laying in the middle of the bathroom floor! We got to the class room we were staying in and I lay down. It was a bit scary since I couldn't see all that well! I had trouble focusing on people's faces! Luckily in the morning I could see fine again. It was another twenty-four hours before I went to the hospital. Many of you are probably asking why it took so long. We didn't think it was that bad! But I was relieved to go to the hospital. Not so relieved when I found out I had a fractured skull,a concussion, and hemorrhaging on the front of my brain! So, they had to send for an ambulance and send me to Miami hospital! Not the way I wanted to see Miami!:-) On the way there though I got to talk to this wonderful ambulance lady trying to make me feel comfortable strapped to a stretcher! She was originally from Ireland and I loved her accent! Just about any English, Irish, and Australian accent I love!
Anyways, got to the hospital and I had to get hooked up to all these machines! I really despised those machines. I hated not having my own mobility! I have a new respect for those who have to be in the hospital hooked up to those awful machines longer then me now! They weren't all that bad, it was just troublesome and very annoying to have to call a nurse to go to the bathroom or go to sleep. I didn't like my IV very much either. Me and needles, not the best of friends shall I say. I was tired though as well. And discouraged. It hadn't turned out the way I planned, but it had been according to God's plans and that's all that matters. For those of you who might know me well I love to plan ahead! I love to plan in general. And when my plans are messed up I'm not happy at all! But God has been teaching me that I can't always get my own way! I have to follow His plans, not mine. And who knows, there could have been someone touched just by the example set by all those who helped me. Miss Cheryl(Who stayed with me a lot of the time.), Miss Cathy(Who sat by me as much as she could while I was being examined poked and prodded the first day of hospital fun.), Mr. Mike(Our new executive pastor who drove me to the first hospital, and then to the airport later. He also came and checked up on me when I was in the hospital.), Brian, our youth minister,(Who came and checked up on me.), Kaitlyn, Becky, and Julianne,(Who came with Brian and cheered me up.), and my wonderful mom!(Who left poor Kristofer and Kathleen to watch the rest of the kids while dad was at work. And who slept on a fold down chair. And kept me company while I was dealing with hormones and questions.) I love each and every one of these people! They loved me enough to go out of their way and come check on me and love on me. I hope that through these people the nurses and doctors saw Jesus and wanted to know more. That through their witness little seeds could be planted in all the people who saw their wonderful acts! I may never know why God let me pass out late on that Saturday night. But I know one thing, He has me and everything else in His hands! And nothing that happens does He not permit first. Who knows, I could have died that night it I had fell another way perhaps! I just pray that this event will show God's love to all those lost souls out there who need a savior.

Anyways, I have started public school. But I can't write about it right now since I have a ton of homework it seems right now!

Keri Lynn