{"id":324,"date":"2018-04-09T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/?p=324"},"modified":"2018-04-09T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:00:48","slug":"the-day-tarzan-fell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/2018\/04\/09\/the-day-tarzan-fell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day Tarzan Fell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three weeks ago on Monday, March 19, I (Carol) went to the boys’ school to pick them up at noon.\u00a0 Titus was busy playing on his favorite part of the playground, a rope swing that swings out over a small drop-off.\u00a0 A couple of months ago, a ball was hung out above that drop-off so the kids could try to kick it (about three meters in the air).\u00a0 Titus was quite proud of his talent on the swing, and for weeks he had been keeping a tally of the number of times he had been able to kick the ball.<\/p>\n

When I arrived, the same thought went through my head that always does when I see him swinging wildly through the air: “What if he swings one more time and falls off?”\u00a0 But this is the age-old struggle of motherhood…how to let our kids be kids without stifling them with our protection.\u00a0 So I greeted him with, “Great job, Titus!\u00a0 One more time, and I’ll watch you!”<\/p>\n

When disaster strikes, it always seems as though time stands still for a moment.\u00a0 Hearts miss a beat, movement slows, and it feels like if we could just force our bodies to move in that brief moment, we could avert the danger.\u00a0 But we never can, because the clock doesn’t actually stop.<\/p>\n

Titus fell at the peak of his gangly ride through the air, and as he thudded to the hard dirt below him, he tried to catch his fall with his left arm.\u00a0 He cried from the pain for a couple of minutes, and it didn’t take long to discover his arm hanging limply (and crookedly) just above the wrist.<\/p>\n

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After\u00a0getting x-rays at an orthopedic hospital in a nearby city, we knew that he would certainly need surgery to put the bones back in place.\u00a0 We decided to take him to Singapore for the surgery, so he had to be in a temporary, partial cast for about two days.\u00a0 He handled the discomfort like a champ…and admittedly enjoyed all the extra attention he got from his injury.<\/p>\n

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One operation later, Titus is healing up nicely and behaving like his old self again.\u00a0 He is already pushing his physical boundaries with running, jumping, riding his bike–even swimming with a bag taped around his cast!\u00a0 His only obvious change is a new aversion for swinging from trees.\u00a0 In three and a half more weeks he will have the cast and pins removed, which we plan to have done in-country.<\/p>\n

Although we wouldn’t choose to experience this bump in the road if it were up to us, here are some ways God showed his love and provision to us:<\/p>\n