Hi Peggy, I am just now reading this horrible news!!! I am praying for you and your family...your poor niece!!!!!! I just know how frustrated you are to be so helpless so far away...prayingNOW...and will continue to!!! Please keep us updated!!!!
Sent from my iPad On Dec 25, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Valerie Mockett <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Peggy, Oh my gosh, what a horrific thing for your poor niece and the > entire family to go through. Being for far away and not being able to help > her. I never understand why bad things happen to such giving wonderful > people. I hope they are giving her proper medical help now. Let pray she is > left without scaring and home safe and sound soon. I so sorry. Valerie > > --- On Sat, 12/25/10, Mare <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Mare <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need Prayers > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 25, 2010, 4:36 PM > > Dear sweet Peggy > Please know that I have my prayer candle lit and my prayers will go up > everytime Danelle enters my thoughts. > A few years ago right after my stroke I suffered very bad burns on my hand. I > had burned it on hot oil in a skillet and hubby wrapped it in guaze..we had > no tape so he tied the gauze on. I got the guaze too near the fire and it > ignited! > I couldn't get it off! So I ran water in the sink and plunged it in. But I > still have the scars. So I feel the pain your neice is going through. I am so > so sorry. > Biggest Hugs and you must be so very proud of her. > Mare > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Peggy & The Girls > Date: 12/24/2010 11:26:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Need Prayers > > Merry Christmas Everyone! > > I need a lot of prayers for my favorite niece. I just came home from our > family's Christmas Eve Party, which my younger sister hosted. Her daughter > who graduated from college this past summer, is a volunteer through her > church to work in Bolivia. She has only been their for a couple of months and > has been hit with one bad thing after the other. Her work consist of working > with nuns, who devote their life to the very poor, mostly abused mothers and > children. They live in a very very poor neighborhood, food is scarce as are > a lot of necessities for every day living. > > Well we were all waiting for her to call in on Skype and when she didn't her > mom knew something was wrong, since they always have their timing right for > all calls. Finally my sister made an international call, and poor Danielle > was hysterical. Just minutes before she had tried to light a very old oven > and it blew up in her face! She was all alone, as the nuns and all the kids > and other volunteers had gone to church services, which is 1 1/2 hours away. > Danielle wanted to stay behind so not only that she would be able to see her > family via Skype, but to bake some very special surprise cookies for all the > children. > > After 45 minutes of trying to call anyone in Boliva, including the Boliva > police to get her some help, we finally got through to some one in our > government. A ambulance arrived from a local clinic. When they got her to the > clinic, no doctors were on call because of the holiday. After many more > calls, an ambassador managed to get a couple of doctors to her. All of this > took more then 2 hours to get her the help she needed! Her eyebrows, eye > lashes were burnt off, as was some of her hair. Her face had already started > to blister and swell up. We kept talking to her all the time, to make sure > she didn't go into shock from the pain and fear. > > The doctors finally started to treat her with pain killers, IV, antibiotics > and clean the wounds. She has 1st degree burns on her face and some spots are > 2nd degree. Her arms and hands are 2nd degree. Her arms and hands got it the > worse when she was trying to put the flame out on her face and head. Even > with the pain killers she is still in a lot of pain. Thank God that at the > instance the oven blew she closed her eyes, or it could have been much worse! > > Danielle, is a very sweet, kind and totally giving person. She has always > wanted to help out the less fortunate. God gave her that gift to care for the > helpless and she does it so well. It is dangerous where she is too. Read any > news article on the Bolivia government, especially their President and they > don't like America, or Americans too much. She has had food poisoning twice, > and was almost robbed, but a good samaritan intervened. She received a bad > electric shock once when she was taking a shower, because the wiring is > nothing but cords all over the place. All of this within just the first > couple of months of being their. It's not an easy life for anyone who lives > their. They struggle day to day to eat, for shelter, clothes and the > necessities and of course their are a lot of bad people who take advantage of > others all the time. > > Please unite with me in Prayer for her speedy recovery, and that the Good > Lord will ease her pain too, and keep her safe and free from any more harm. > > Thank you all so much, > Peggy > > <xmas_girl_en.gif> >
