This is how it all happened!
I am proud to announce that we are applying the finishing touches to our new addition at the church. After this week all that will remain to do is to hang the wallpaper, paint, finish connecting the heating system pipes, and a few other odds and ends. By the way, in a few days I’ll have some fresh pictures posted here of the most recent work we have done. Thanks to the fact that our construction work is coming to an end, I have more and more time to dedicate to “office” work, therefore, I was able to make this post today. Actually, there is also another reason why I have been freed up from construction work, and I want to share that with you now…
Two days ago, I decided that it was time to spruce up the property a bit. One of my primary task targets was to clean up a pile of boards that was in complete disarray. As I was carrying a heavy, wooden beam across a surface of slick, water-logged boards, I lost my footing and slipped. I went down and the beam flew up. I landed well, without harm; however, the beam’s landing was rougher than mine. With a solid “thhh-uuunk” the heavy beam slammed down on top of my right thumb which was solidly planted on the wet, slick decking. My thumb, as it were, was caught between a rock and a hard place. Though I didn’t realize it at first, my thumbnail immediately and completely flew off. Blood gushed everywhere. My first thought was that my thumb bone had been crushed since my thumb, sans thumbnail, looked smashed-in, flat, and irregular. Thankfully, the bone was preserved, only the nail suffered.
Directly preceding this horrific episode, I entered into shock and grasping my bleeding thumb tightly with my left hand I exclaimed over and over again, “Jesus, thank you for healing my thumb!” Later I recalled with joy that this is what I said instead of something less edifying. Somehow, in my shocked condition, I managed to stumble into my office and flop down on a chair. Minutes later, the pastor of our daughter church in Rakeetnoye, Vitaliy, unexpectedly happened to swing by and he found me in my troubled state. Vitaliy whisked me off to the emergency room, where they cleansed and bandaged my wound with surprising care. Thank God, that in the midst of trouble my Heavenly Father provided for my every need.
The first day of the accident, my thumb hurt terribly. By the second day, I was back to my cheerful self. Today, my thumb still aches from time to time, in a dull sort of way, but the greatest inconvenience is that due to the bandages I have very limited use of my right thumb, which makes typing a challenge. Still, I believe that my thumb will heal completely and swiftly. In the mean time, I will work on my nine-finger typing skills!
Triumphant Ending
