The Next Step

Well I guess everything happens just one step at a time even though sometimes I try to take three....So my surgery went well on Monday and I am now out of the hospital and resting well in Nairobi. I will be here for at least four weeks while I recover and get around on crutches until December 23rd and then I will have to go back to Kjiabe Hospital for a follow up x-ray and then hope to get a medical release to go back to Sudan at that point! So I now have three screws in my femur right at the hip joint the fracture was along the front and back of the collar or neck of the femur bone of course the smallest section of the bone so the screws will give me the stability I will need once I get walking on it again! As one comment said from Charlie and Patti - I can't wait to be running the race again but am trying to not get to far ahead of myself. I know that God's timing is perfect! The Doctor that actually did my surgery was Dr Bob Mendonza from TEXAS! Can you believe it! The day after his beautiful wife and two of the sweetest kids you'd ever want to meet came to visit me:) I can not get up right now to go get their web address but I will add it later they are living and working at Kjiabe Hospital through THE CURE. One thing about this change of plans it has given me the opportunity to meet some truly wonderful people and the doctors and nurses have been very good to me. The worst and scariest part of the whole thing was the day of surgery it was just really hard to be alone that day! But it's amazing how close I felt my Jesus with me as if he were sitting right there holding my hand....i must admit that through tears that day I was certainly calling out to my protector and comforter! Other than that day I've done a pretty good job of holding myself together and I want my family to know that I really am doing very well:) I am really looking forward to going to church this coming Sunday! Just to be able to enjoy that precious gift of being able to come together with others and worship the Lord for how GOOD HE has been to me and how much He has provided for me....I certainly have a whole new appreciation for having the ability to be able to attend church whenever I want to and see how difficult it must be for those that this is not so easy for them to do this....I think about those that walk great distances for the privilege and those who can not because of lack of freedom to do so or war or hunger or sickness and many other reasons . I was also thinking of how in the States we can simply go to a book store and purchase any book we want for a new bible study or to help with our relationships and marriages......do we appreciate this as much as we should???
I am also looking forward to visiting with another lady named Pauline who is living where I am right now and she is working with codependency and alcoholism with lower income women here in Nairobi and how I might be able to use some of her knowledge in Sudan because this is a big problem there as you can imagine there is also a lot of post traumatic stress syndrome too. Another thing is I am hoping to learn how to make these beautiful paper beads that I might be able to teach the women in Sudan how to make these for selling......I had originally thought this was only happening in Uganda but have found that they have these beads in many places so I am still working on figuring out how this might work....so prayers on the Lord's leading and my openness to Him on this project that is on my heart. Ok well I am getting a bit tired and will sign off for now but will post More later! Thank you so much for all your prayers and comments!
Blessings-
MJ