Friday, August 01, 2014

         After our busy, busy day at the temple, Glade decided to walk to the City Mall and then stop at the store for a few groceries.  An obrero who was leaving about the same time offered him a ride; and since it was pretty hot outside, he gratefully accepted.  At the mall he found computer paper, which we are nearly out of; an insulated lunch carrier to take to the temple instead of green plastic grocery bags; and his giant protein powder drink mix from GNC which is always a percent off during the first week of the month. 

         With the “mall” list completed and heavy laden with his parcels, he started his short walk to the grocery store where he would “check” those purchases at the front of the store while shopping.  The sidewalk is narrow, uneven, and in places broken.  Traffic on the busy street is an arms-length away and the sidewalk is always crowded with people and today was no exception.  Well, all of a sudden, he tripped on broken incline and went down!   His hands were full so he couldn’t really catch himself very well and one knee and a few knuckles took the brunt, followed by his head.  He had his cap on and that saved him breaking the skin on his head.  It sounds worse than it ended up being, but he had people on all sides of him coming to his aid and asking him if he was all right.  He said everyone was very concerned and very kind.  It’s amazing, but he didn’t even raise a lump on his head and his bleeding hand soon did okay so he could remove the napkin wrapped around it.  He doesn’t seem much worse for the “wear” tonight, thank goodness.  I’m sure it was because of the prayers I sent upward for him as he left.