{"id":670,"date":"2021-10-05T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/steve-irwin\/?p=670"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:26:23","slug":"dangers-toils-and-snares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/steve-irwin\/2021\/10\/05\/dangers-toils-and-snares\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangers, Toils and Snares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Please forgive our lapse in communication. We\u2019ve had a lot on our plates in the last couple of months. Thank you for faithfully remembering us in prayer \u2013 we have certainly needed your prayer support.

\u00a0 \u00a0August started off with a bang \u2013 literally!

\u00a0 \u00a0On the first Monday of August, Eida was in a car accident! <\/strong>As she was driving\u00a0to the store, a lady in the lane to the left of her decided that she needed to make a sharp right turn <\/strong>into a strip mall, right\u00a0in front of Eida!<\/strong>

\u00a0 \u00a0As Eida slammed on the brakes, her left front fender and the right side of that car came together, and the offending\u00a0vehicle bounced into a third car coming out of the shopping area. It all happened instantly — the result of one very bad decision.
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\u00a0 \u00a0A bystander heard the sound of the impact and called 911, so the police and firefighters\u00a0showed up very quickly. Eida called me at the office and I drove down right away.\u00a0Fortunately, nobody had external injuries. Ironically, both Eida\u2019s car and the third vehicle needed to be towed, but the lady was able to drive away after the police got all the information and determined that she was at fault.

\u00a0 \u00a0Eida was stunned and dazed, but she wasn\u2019t cut or bleeding, praise the Lord. The left front of our SUV, however, was mangled. The Lord had just provided this very nice vehicle for us in January.

\u00a0 \u00a0On the advice of friends and family, we engaged a personal injury lawyer. As you know, Eida has suffered from spinal and hip issues and has been in one kind of therapy or another for a few years, so we anticipated that this major jolt may exacerbate her condition. We wanted to be sure that she got the follow-up care that she needed.

\u00a0 \u00a0Since then, she has been under\u00a0the care of a doctor\u00a0who\u00a0has referred her to specialists and therapists, resulting in several medical appointments every week. We were told that symptoms may not show up till weeks after the accident and that has proven to be the case.

The SUV was back in good shape by the end of the month, but the same cannot be said for Eida<\/strong>. She is experiencing a great deal of discomfort in her back,\u00a0legs, neck,\u00a0right shoulder and thumb. Please pray that the medical service providers diagnose her accurately and prescribe the most effective treatment.
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Besides this, we received news last week that Steve\u2019s dad, Glenn Irwin, has been diagnosed with liver cancer<\/strong>. Dad and Mom are 90 years old and still managing to live independently, but they both suffer from a variety of other medical issues. Thank you for praying for them.

\u00a0 \u00a0And on top of all that, our son-in-law, Curtis Bergman, had a chainsaw\u00a0accident last week while cutting firewood<\/strong>, which they use to heat their home in winter. The spinning\u00a0saw blade kicked up and cut into his\u00a0shoulder. Thank the Lord that it didn\u2019t come near his face! He was cut down to the bone, but the doctors at the hospital closed up the wound with three layers of stitches and assured him that he should heal alright and be able to have full use of his arm.

\u00a0 \u00a0In the meanwhile, we continue to carry on with our Spanish Language Resources ministry<\/strong>. I’ve been working with\u00a0our\u00a0Training Coordinating Team for Latin America <\/strong>for a year now,\u00a0interpreting for weekly two-hour meetings online. Our Missionary\u00a0Institute leaders are carrying out\u00a0a guided evaluation and restructuring\u00a0of our five training programs in the region to achieve greater effectiveness. I\u2019ll also be helping with a week-long virtual Global Forum<\/strong> next month.

\u00a0 \u00a0Last month, I got inspired to take on the challenge of amplifying the distribution of\u00a0our News and Prayer Bulletin in Spanish by using WhatsApp<\/strong> in addition to MailChimp (old dog learning a new trick).\u00a0We expect to reach a lot more readers by connecting via text in addition to email. The Bulletin is\u00a0a valuable tool for educating Latin American Christians about missions and challenging them to get involved in fulfilling the Great Commission.\u00a0

\u00a0 \u00a0 Well, this has gotten long. Congrats to you if you’re still reading! Thank you so much for your faithful partnership in prayer and financial support.<\/strong>\u00a0Let’s all keep working while we still can; sometimes it seems that the darkness is pressing in around us, but greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world!

Steve & Eida Irwin<\/strong><\/em>
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