A few days after Nikolas was given the all clear to go without a sling, his broken bones healed, and given the instruction to try not play any rugby for a little while, the boys were kicking the footy in the park. A three way collision involving Isaac, another child, and the ground, resulted in more broken bones, this time is Isaac's right wrist.
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| Isaac. Not worried at all about wearing a sling for the next few weeks! (Pain wise he is very tough - still tries all his normal activities, I even caught him doing front flips on a friends trampoline already :O ) |
At this point, we are not calling it a delay - we are still waiting for visas in any case - but it is a setback nonetheless.
Over the course of time since we said we intended to go to Lae, one recurring question has been, "With a young family? Are you crazy?"
Besides the logical conclusion from this question that the Free Reformed Mission Board(s) must all be crazy, and that the vast majority of our serving missionaries should be called home, if we are to believe that young children should preclude service in missions, I would have to say that I don't know.
Am I crazy?
Is it insane to believe that the entirety of our lives are in the hands of one far greater than ourselves?
Is it crazy to trust in our Father's providence?
I'll leave that judgement in your hands, but suffice to say that the health of our children is something which is never far from our minds as parents. That we do wrestle with the reality that we will not have the same access to care as we do here (although we are assured we will have access to good care when we need it).
When these things happen, they do not only cause setbacks in the timeline for our arrival in Lae, they threaten setbacks in our resolve to go at all. Far easier to throw our hands in the air and proclaim that it is all too hard, too much, too costly.
So, what then?
It seems to me that the only way to go is forward. That, having set hand to plow, we push on with singularity of focus. That we recognise the cost as something already counted, already allowed for, and press on. That we surrender our desire to control, to mitigate, to manage, and remove risk, and give it all to the One who knows far better than ourselves.
(written by Dave)
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We have since been reminded that Bob Epperson - the General Manager at Lae City Mission - is a retired paramedic specialist. :) So don't worry. We will be well looked after in LAE!
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