Hi,
I normally post a newsletter from Pastor Homer Trecartin, Middle East Union in the Evangelism Forum (Middle East Musings).
On Saturday his middle son Terry got into a very serious accident and it appears that he may not make it. Story is below, please pray URGENTLY for Terry.
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Sat, 7 May 2005 21:30:22 -0700
From: homer@adventistmeu.org View Contact Details View Contact Details
To: HTrecartin@aol.com
Subject: Urgent Prayer Request - Terry
Dear Family and Friends,
It is Sabbath evening and we are sitting in the Los Angeles Airport waiting for the first available flight to Tennessee.
This morning, in Sabbath School, we were handed a note saying to call our son in
Michigan immediately. We slipped out and went to the phone. He told us our middle son, Terry, had been in a terrible accident and was not being given much chance of living.
We don't know a lot of details, but pparently he has severe head injuries, a severed spine, and a broken leg. He has been transferred to the trauma unit at Erlinger Hospital in Chattanooga, TN.
Barbara and her folks and I were at Pine Springs Ranch in Southern California
attending a weekend retreat of people who used to live or work in the Middle
East. We only had a brief time on Friday night and Sabbath morning with them,
but we are so thankful for their love and support during this difficult time.
The Camp Director drove us to Los Angeles airport, and we hope to be in Chattanooga about noon tomorrow (Sunday). We have been crying a lot, and praying a lot, but we know God is in control. There is nothing we can
do but put Terry in His hands. We know God is all powerful and could work a miracle.
We are at peace knowing He never is caught off guard or makes a mistake.
Someday He will explain it all to us and we will rejoice in His leading.
Still, it is very hard and we would appreciate your prayers for Terry, for us,
for his wife (Shannon) and their friends. This is a difficult time for all of us and it means a lot to know you are praying.
Homer Trecartin, Secretary-Treasurer
Middle East Union of Seventh-day Adventists