Sorry I've been so quiet even though I've been back from camp for 3 days. Last Thursday I got a call from my mom while I was at camp and found out that my uncle died Thursday in a logging accident. He is was a heli-logger and apparently was falling a tree and stepped away from it and a tree that they weren't even touching, and which looked healthy but apparently had bad roots, decided to fall and the top ten feet hit him from behind and pinned him. He had a broken leg, broken pelvis and lots of internal bleeding. They put him in a air ambulance to Vancouver General Hospital but he died on route and so they returned to Bella Bella with his body.
The service will be in Campbell River on Sunday, Aug 31st and so now my sisters and I are making plans to travel up there. My youngest sister and her husband, my brother & his girlfriend and my mom were all able to go up as soon as they heard but my other sister and myself were both out of town and unable to get up there. My youngest sister and her husband have returned so that they can work all week and will go back up with us on the weekend. This has been a hard week as my uncle was just married on the 26th of July and I was unable to be there for his wedding. He was only 42 - just 9 months older than my oldest sibling. He has a 9 year old daughter and just in the past few years started turning his life around. I was very proud of all the changes he had made to his life and the choices he had made because he wanted to be around for his daughter, and now he won't be.
My grandma has now had to bury both her sons and her husband. And two of them in less than 3 years.
I will try to write more about my trip to Haiti but right now my heart really isn't into it and trying to arrange the travel for this weekend is taking up a lot of my energy. Plus I am back to work and school starts next week so there is lots to do. Please keep my family in your prayers - especially as there are many who are unsaved.
The service will be in Campbell River on Sunday, Aug 31st and so now my sisters and I are making plans to travel up there. My youngest sister and her husband, my brother & his girlfriend and my mom were all able to go up as soon as they heard but my other sister and myself were both out of town and unable to get up there. My youngest sister and her husband have returned so that they can work all week and will go back up with us on the weekend. This has been a hard week as my uncle was just married on the 26th of July and I was unable to be there for his wedding. He was only 42 - just 9 months older than my oldest sibling. He has a 9 year old daughter and just in the past few years started turning his life around. I was very proud of all the changes he had made to his life and the choices he had made because he wanted to be around for his daughter, and now he won't be.
My grandma has now had to bury both her sons and her husband. And two of them in less than 3 years.
I will try to write more about my trip to Haiti but right now my heart really isn't into it and trying to arrange the travel for this weekend is taking up a lot of my energy. Plus I am back to work and school starts next week so there is lots to do. Please keep my family in your prayers - especially as there are many who are unsaved.
3 comments:
Oh Sweetie! My heart is heavy for you, and my prayers are for your family.
Valerie
I'm so sorry. I totally echo what Val said. How terrible. Thinking about you and your family from here.
So sorry to hear about your Uncle. Prayers with you all as you travel to the service.
Do please share your Haiti stories and trip logs when you get a chance, for those of us in withdrawls.. hehe
LeAnne The Haiti Lady
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