Nathan's on his way home from Haiti, three days earlier than anticipated. The young man above (Zack, 19) lost his mother in an automobile accident yesterday morning. Due to some God-moved mountains, Nathan was able to accompany him on his flights home (the remainder of the team is in capable hands as a team member's father as well as a local contractor friend who has been to Haiti before were also part of the group). Zack and Nathan arrive in Lexington this evening.
As I was driving in the car yesterday I thought of all the milestones Zack will miss sharing with his mom: graduation, wedding, children... I spoke with his girlfriend a few minutes ago who stopped by to get his wallet and car keys which were left here at the center. She said his mom was looking forward to watching him perform in the musical in 2 weeks.
It's a privilege to serve the students of Asbury and be, as Dr. Gray reminded me in an e-mail this afternoon, the tangible Body of Christ. Thanks for praying for Zack and his family. You can read a message from him on the team's blog site: http://asburywgm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sowers-and-reapers.html
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Oh, Cydil, I'm so sorry to read this.
I read this via an OMS missionary's Facebook -- who had shared from OMS's Facebook page. I am so sorry.
When I was on my first (only) mission trip in 2004, my grandmother died. She actually died while I was still on the ground in Atlanta, but I didn't get the call until the next day.
So while the loss of a grandmother is not usually the same sort of loss as that of mother (and wasn't in my case), I can identify with the surreal feeling of getting the call about the death of a loved one while overseas. Sadly, so can an aunt, who was in France at the time.
"Rebecca, your mama and daddy are fine, but..." (My church's pastor broke the news to me, and I talked to my parents later in the day.) Members of the team surrounded me, not knowing what had happened, but knowing from my tears that it was bad.
I am glad Nathan was able to travel with him. Though I chose not to come home for my grandmother's funeral (my parents thought she would have wanted me to stay), the trip home at the PLANNED time was hard enough.
Again, I am so sorry for this young man's loss.
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