Prayer Needed For The Team
Hey Everyone,
I just got off the phone with Cari Day who had just talked with Scott who called her from a hospital in Cochabamba. It seems that altitude sickness has been a difficult challenge for the entire team. According to Lily Taylor (the team member who is a nurse), "...everyone has had their turn with sickness or injury." Most of the team have been affected by altitude issues which generally causes nausea (and the various side effects that come with that). One team member, Judy Davis, also "turned" her ankle in a misstep which has no doubt been a painful annoyance.
In Scott's case, he was much more sick than the others and endured a lengthy bout of nausea and vomitting throughout Saturday night (possibly Sunday night - not sure) and also a rapid heart rate. On either Sunday or Monday morning (sorry, not sure again), other team members noticed that he was passing in and out of consciousness. It was determined then that he needed to be taken to a hospital. Lily and the Food for the Hungry translator took him down the mountain to a hospital in Cochabamba where they determined that altitude sickness was the cause of his condition. He is doing well now and he, Lily and the translator will stay in Cochabamba until the team returns. Cochabamba is at a much lower altitude (8,000 ft vs. 13,000 ft) which should be helpful for Scott's condition. The team may be returning to Cochabamba sooner than expected due to all of the illness and Judy's injury. This will not affect their return date or flight schedules--just the amount of time spent in Confital.
Dear friends...PRAY for our team!
This has obviously been much more challenging for all of them than was expected. Pray for their health. Pray for Scott's condition to be completely aleviated. Pray and KNOW that God has used them for His purpose and His glory despite the physical setbacks. Pray for their safe return so that all of us can "love" on them and share together in their successes, struggles and "God moments." They are our family in the Lord, whether they are related to us or not. Pray for the Lord to bring our family home safe and sound.
God is control!
Jeff Gentry
I just got off the phone with Cari Day who had just talked with Scott who called her from a hospital in Cochabamba. It seems that altitude sickness has been a difficult challenge for the entire team. According to Lily Taylor (the team member who is a nurse), "...everyone has had their turn with sickness or injury." Most of the team have been affected by altitude issues which generally causes nausea (and the various side effects that come with that). One team member, Judy Davis, also "turned" her ankle in a misstep which has no doubt been a painful annoyance.
In Scott's case, he was much more sick than the others and endured a lengthy bout of nausea and vomitting throughout Saturday night (possibly Sunday night - not sure) and also a rapid heart rate. On either Sunday or Monday morning (sorry, not sure again), other team members noticed that he was passing in and out of consciousness. It was determined then that he needed to be taken to a hospital. Lily and the Food for the Hungry translator took him down the mountain to a hospital in Cochabamba where they determined that altitude sickness was the cause of his condition. He is doing well now and he, Lily and the translator will stay in Cochabamba until the team returns. Cochabamba is at a much lower altitude (8,000 ft vs. 13,000 ft) which should be helpful for Scott's condition. The team may be returning to Cochabamba sooner than expected due to all of the illness and Judy's injury. This will not affect their return date or flight schedules--just the amount of time spent in Confital.
Dear friends...PRAY for our team!
This has obviously been much more challenging for all of them than was expected. Pray for their health. Pray for Scott's condition to be completely aleviated. Pray and KNOW that God has used them for His purpose and His glory despite the physical setbacks. Pray for their safe return so that all of us can "love" on them and share together in their successes, struggles and "God moments." They are our family in the Lord, whether they are related to us or not. Pray for the Lord to bring our family home safe and sound.
God is control!
Jeff Gentry
posted by Jeff Gentry at
3:17 PM
1 Comments:
We'll continue to pray for the team and especially their health!
Dian (Cynthia's sister)
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