Audry: Did you hear about Dave's recent eye
injury? He was taking supplies to a child protection
training and as he hauled a heavy rubber tie
down rope cut from a tire (thicker than a thumb)
it broke and recoiled straight into his eye
causing bleeding inside and outside the eye
and damaging the purse string muscle that controls
the pupil of the right eye. The damage , short
of a miracle, is permanent thus his right eye
is permanently dilated. This is a more serious
issue in Africa where the sun shines bright
most days. Harmful levels of UV rays now enter
the eye and could quickly damage the retina.
He now has to wear sunglasses all the time,
even inside the house the light can bother him.
He went to France to see two ophthalmologists
who confirmed that nothing could be done about
it. Time may improve it a bit but it will take
a miracle. Please pray for healing.
Dave: This could ruin my career as a hero in
the movies but my kids say I can always play
the bad guy “cause you don't have to be
handsome– only tough”. Our volunteer
Jodi, blunt to a fault, says the ugly witch
in the castle basement in “Robin Hood
Prince of Thieves” had one huge pupil
just like mine. Romantically, a dilated pupil
shows that you love the person you are looking
at. Now Audry looks right: “he loves me”-
looks left “he loves me not” then
asks in frustration “Dave, which eye are
you looking at me with?” We have lost
a little girl to stillbirth and many close friends
in the war so I’m not planning on letting
the loss of some function in one eye slow me
down much.
We are still struggling with providing quality
schooling for our children since their evacuation
from their excellent missionary school in Ivory
Coast last November. Due to Josh and Matthew’s
learning disabilities, BCS -an affordable missionary
school in Senegal is hesitant to accept them
– but if a special education teacher volunteers
at the school they will take them.
Please pray that a skilled teacher /tutor can
be found to volunteer at BCS or to teach our
children here in Liberia. Please also make any
contacts you can think of to fill this need.
We can provide airfare, room and board plus
a modest salary.
Thank you for your prayers and financial gifts
Christ’s peace be with you
Much Love from
Dave, Audry and
all the Waines kiddies
