My first time on crutches

This blog post is not about Beautiful Gate, but it is about an incident I had last week that I thought was so colorful and should share pictures :) Bryan and I took our kids and Terp to South Africa last week to spend some quality time with some new friends (Sam and Anna) we have made, but who are leaving Lesotho much sooner that we anticipated. They showed us a great place that is literally in the middle of nowhere where Bryan can hunt and the kids can run free and explore. We all love it there and had a fantastic time hanging with our friends, sharing meals and sharing our hearts. They have a daughter and son as well who our kids enjoy hanging out with too. We are going to miss them a lot!!
While we were having some down time and the men were out hunting, Mercy and I walked over to a water hole to look for some animals. We had seen a few warthogs there the day before. We sat on a rock and had a nice little chat and Mercy decided to do a little climbing up a rock fence that was behind the rock we were sitting on. A big rock was dislodged and came down on the top of my foot while my back was turned and wow, did that hurt! I pretended to be fine because Mercy was very sad that the rock fell on me, but I could see a huge bump forming on my foot, yikes! Thankfully Faith and her friend went back for Terp and our friend Anna to bring some ice and thankfully Anna brought her car. The good news is that no bones were broken in my foot and another good thing is that I have been able to provide some fun entertainment to people with my "rainbow colored foot" (that is what Mercy's Basotho friend used to describe my bruising).
I guess God just wanted me to take it easy for a few days and so I have been doing some extra reading and a lot of reflecting on my role at Beautiful Gate while Bryan and the kids have been stepping up their helpfulness. Actually, I have hired Terp as my nurse and she has been doing very well. I think she may have a future as a nurse :)
Here are a few pictures of my rainbow (and swollen) foot
Day 1

Day 3

Day 5

Sorry for anyone who hates feet pictures (like myself) but I couldn't help myself, it is my first time on crutches because the pain and swelling was pretty intense but I am doing much better today and started walking on my foot. Today is day 6 :)