Mark Wreck

We got a call early Saturday morning from Mark telling us he had been in a bike wreck and to the hospital but was fine. Later we got the pictures. I'm pretty sure this is the terrain maybe not the exact spot but a fair representation. Harold says there are bikes that are really good for this but they are very expensive custom bikes he saw in California. Guaranteed that's not the kind of bike Mark is riding. Nonetheless we are thankful he fared so well. This is a beautiful place very lush and green. I'm also noticing a lot of rocks as I study the pictures. 

The back of his shirt. He was racing with his companion to get to their next appointment when the road turned to mud from a washout and he wiped out. Greg had encouraged him to race to stop thinking about how hard or uncomfortable riding up and down hills all day is to thinking about being stronger and better. His bike tire is bent in a wobbly c-shape unrideable until a new tire is found. He knew when he picked his bike up something was wrong with his shoulder. 

This companion is familiar with the hospital taking his last companions there for other reasons. Thankfully only the end of Mark's collarbone is fractured. He was placed in a sling to keep the bones pulled together. 

His mission president had advised all the elders to diligently wear their helmets. Mark was thankful he did. As he told me this week. He knows farmers who are missing an arm or a leg but none that are missing a head. Heads need to be protected.

He knows he was protected from serious injury. We have family stories about people being protected from wearing their garments and keeping their covenants. Mark is building his own collection of stories. He always asks about the cover crops. They are coming in well. It is amazing how well dormant seeds can grow in the spring time. Even after feeding hungry geese al

 Although it was unnerving to hear of his accident we are thankful for his protection and personal awareness of healing. He does know what it takes to heal bones. They have strong medicinal concoctions over their. Ibuprofen, tylenol, and codeine in one pill taken after each meal was the instruction. I told him to switch to just ibuprofen as that was a lot to be taking. He has a high pain tolerance and needs to not be getting use to feeling nothing. He said they are talking to more people while they walk around so that is good too. He likes Swaziland it is very hilly. So life rolls on and is moving forward. He hits his 6 month Mark in a few days and that is reassuring that time is passing quickly. We are thankful.