He's home!

Richard made it home to PA last night.

Grace, Joy, Ricky and I bought balloons and went out to JFK airport. Gerhard Laemmle (Crossing Comm. Church) generously offered to drive us out there and Pastor Tim offered his wife's van ;). Even though there was tons of traffic, as soon as I got out of the van to go look for him, Richard called my cell phone to say he was ready to go. An American Airlines worker who was wheeling him out had loaned him his personal cell phone to make the call.

He was in good spirits, but the pain medication was starting to wear off. He had had a shot of local anesthetic before getting on the plane. We got home a little after 10, he walked slowly up the steps to the missionary apartment (good leg, bad leg), ate ice cream (thank you, Kevin) & Ibuprofen PM and went happily to bed.

We went to the doctor here and that went well. He needs to keep the area still for about a week to let the wound heal internally. He's not supposed to hobble around on the crutches too much this week. But we are allowed to get him to comfy spot in a house with cable TV and let the World Cup matches take his mind off of his injury.

We are so thankful to God that the bullet didn't hit bone or an artery and that Joseph, a stranger until Friday, took the time to drive Richard to the hospital. And we we're grateful to our missionary co-workers who spent the day making sure everything was taken care of!