repeat after me: ahhhh :) (abbie and joanna)

Sally and your's truly

I LOVE YOU BILL JACK!!!!!!!!!!

small talk :)

Keeley and Rebekah

This is Josiah... this wasn't at camp.. but I couldn't pass up this simply adorable picture of my baby!

One half of our very scary cabin...and yes, it got worse :):):)

Keeley and I

John

Hey everybody!! Thanks for praying!! I'm finally home, and happy to be so! Sorry for the terrible grammer/spelling on the last post... I was in a hurry :)
In case you didn't get or have incomplete info., our family had gone on a camping trip to our deer lease in Bandera just west of San Antonio. We were at the back of the 1800 acres in the Hill Country where only jeeps can traverse. We had hiked up a large hill and around and down and were walking along a dry creek bed. John decided to traverse the hill and go up above us on the edge of the cliff. This was what he always does and I've seen him do this many times. As we edged around the curve of the creek, dad noticed that there was alot of loose dirt where John was about 30' above us and rec'd he come down. He realized the same thing at about the same time and was trying to get to a place where he could get back down when the dirt gave way underneath him. We looked up when we heard him yell to us to watch out. He "rode" the dirt down, but then at around 15 - 20' or so his foot caught on a bush and flipped him onto his back and he landed flat on his back (on rocks) right in front of us. I've never been so scared in my life! It knocked the breath out of him which was really scary for him and it took him about 45 seconds to breath again (and it wasn't a comfortable breath... he was gasping all the time) . He was in a TON of pain. He lost all his short term memory, but thankfully never lost consciousness. My dad went back and drove the 20" trip to the front gate to meet the EMS. . After 45" they came with the back board. They got him to a clearing where the Life Flight helicoptor could land and they took him off. The rest of us all piled in our car and drove the hour trip to the hospital in SA.
It was a tough 3 days in ICU with 30 hrs of pain, 18 of which were excrutiating (and I mean excrutiating! He's going to be so mentally strong after this!). It was hard on Mom and Dad too. The nurses and doctors were wonderful all the time. (The kids left on Sunday with the Ricks.) John was able to come home Wed. night...(in the McMinn's RV) while I was still at Worldview camp. (I had left with the McMinn's on Sunday and came home Friday night). We have some awesome friends! Thanks guys! (P.S. we've figured we got about 2000 people praying! From Alaska, to Minnasota, to Montana, to New Mexico, all across Texas and so forth!)
Anyway, he has 12 fractured bones in his back, 4 involving the body of the vertebrae and 8 involving the transverse processes ( the lateral "wings"). I have no idea what any of that means, that's just what mom said... but I do know that THERE IS NO SPINAL CORD DAMAGE!! He has a laceration on the back of his head but his neck and head are not damaged. Praise the Lord! He is now in a rented hospital bed (not a shock, knowing my mom :) in our office, and can only get up when we put on his back brace.. which is uncomfortable so he usually doesn't wear it for more than 30-45" or so. Our office is stuffed with cards and gifts and visitors etc. that make it so much nicer. Thank ya'll again for praying! If ya'll live close, come see him sometime!

Brooke

Please Pray

Hey guys,

John has just been in a REALLY bad accident. He fell down a 15' cliff while we were camping and had to be flown to the Hospital. He okay, but has broken his back and is in a lot of pain. I'll try to give yall more details when I get home (we're in San Antonio) but until then, please pray!!! (mainly for John, but the rest of us really need prayers too!!

brooke