Please be in prayer

Ukarumpa Center here in Papua New Guinea has been holding a 2 week conference as they do every other year. During this time we have brought in teams to assist with VBS for kids and a team to provide activities for our youth group.

We have a team here from Pennsylvania working with the youth. This past Saturday this team and 4 of our members here were in a car accident. There was not anyone killed in this accident and all are in stable condition. 4 of the passengers (3 of our members and 1 from the team) were medevacd to Cairns, AS for further medical care. These injuries consisted of broken legs, hip, facial and jaw fractures. Other team members are here with lower leg fractures and broken arms and wrists. All of them are pretty banged up and have cuts from the accident.

We have 3 doctors on staff here at the moment and a few nurses. They have been working overtime and are pretty exhausted.

We ask that you keep all of these people and their families in your prayers. It has been difficult for team members being so far away from home and their families. This would be a difficult situation in the states, but to be so far away has added more pain.

Pray for continued strength for our doctors and nurses and other medical staff assisting with this. We have members with the patients in Cairns to help work through this time for emotional support.

It was a miracle that the injuries weren't any worse than they are. We are confident God and His angels were watching out for this group on Saturday. It has been a great time for our community to work together as a family.

We know God is going to use this for His glory. Thanks for your prayers.