Actually, it was probably only broken for about 4 days, but the plaster was on for 8 days. I was playing football (soccer as the Aussies call it) before kid’s church and I stepped on the edge of a small stage and my ankle twisted very badly. I knew straight away that something was very wrong.
After mentioning it to Ali who replied by asking ‘Can you walk on it?’ well, yes I can, but just she followed up with an Ali version of ‘Well toughen up, princess, we have kids church to run’ I pushed thru and lead the kids church (including having to stand up the front and hobble on my foot for 15 minutes while Ali was in main church) and then helped pack up the kids church at the end of the service.
After going to the A&E (Accident and Emergency) at the Weston Hospital, I came home with a declared broken foot and my leg in plaster. The next day I had a phone call from the hospital from a specialist saying that my foot was broken and I would need to come in a get a ‘permanent’ plaster which would be on for 4-6 week. This was not good as it was the start of our six week holiday program with 6 programs including a Football (Soccer) coaching clinic and a four day holiday club program.
I got the prayer team from church to start praying and only four days later I was walking on my foot. I had to go to hospital on the Monday after while I was meant to be getting a new ‘permanent’ plaster put, I told the doctor that I could walk on it and proceeded to show him. He looked at the x-rays again and showed me the break, but I said I felt fine. So he said I didn’t need the plaster. I was playing volleyball two days later, and was able to play football at the clinic the week after as well as starting tennis again. It was an amazing miracle.
In other news, we have had an amazing first English summer. We had fantastic weather and some amazing events happen. We got to go to the annual New Wine conference with 12,000 other people. This is a week-long Christian conference that includes camping instead of going to a hotel. It was a great experience with great inspiration and revelational message and a great time getting to know other people from church while just relaxing between sessions.
Also our, six holiday programs went REALLY well. We had a ‘summer games party’, ‘make and bake, Samba Football coaching clinic, Indoor football world cup, ‘princess pamper party’ and our big one – the ‘Rock Star Kids Holiday Club’. It was great to see the kids come in and have a great time, but Ali and I were really loved the opportunity to minister with a bunch of great people over the summer. Over the summer we had about 80 people serving in different ways and not just from St. Paul’s but also from the H-Church (the AOG church here in Weston).
After all that, we are currently having a week off in North Devon. We are staying at a beautiful bungalow (‘House’ for the Aussies) and have done some sightseeing to some great English towns such as Clovelly, Ifricombe, Lynton & Lynmouth, Woolacombe, Bucks Mills, and many others as well as seeing some great beaches like Croyde, Saunton and Putsborough. It has been very relaxing and we love seeing the beauty that England has to offer.
But now, we go back to work. In the next few weeks we launch our weekly kid’s club afternoon, our lunch time program in a local school and new leadership training programs as well as continuing to build the Sunday Kids Church and ministry. We love it here and are looking forward to see what god has in store for us.
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Bless ya!
b.
