and we had a wonderful Christmas and celebrated with everybody else; just joyful, but we would have had a wonderful Christmas without him here, knowing that he was with God and that God takes care of us and he loves us all – and that’s what we shared with the kids,” Tami said.
home, casts on both legs and unable to move her arms due to internal injuries. She was flown to Oregon Health & Science University while Stephen spent 10 days at Salem Hospital with breaks in his neck and leg and a loss of hearing as a result of the accident. His most recent surgery was last month.
Amber is amazed at how much her fatherin-law’s health has improved since the accident.
“Our 6-month-old puppy Gracie was with us and she was as close to death as I was; a broken rib had punctured her lung,” Sue said. “We were so thankful; the breeder took charge of her recovery and kept the dog until Stephen could bring her home.”
“If you just came up and met him you wouldn’t know he’d been in a wreck,” Amber said. “He’s just totally back!” With that cue Ron hoisted up his sweatshirt to reveal his custom T-shirt: “Not the king’s horses and not the king’s men, but God through the doctors put me together again.”
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collided,” Sue Henry said. ‘The world just stopped.”
Like the Stutzmans, Stephen and Sue credit their Christian faith as what got them through all that happened during and after the accident.
Sue had 10 broken ribs, a broken sternum, badly broken ankles and “my whole insides had to be redone,” she said. “My son and daughter-in-law didn’t leave my side for five days.”
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They found out that the night of the accident – and many, many thereafter – their church members congregated on the Henry’s lawn – they just felt closer to the family that way. They brought their Bibles and prayed. A neighbor’s fountain prompted them to pray that the waters of healing would wash over them. “The more I hear, the more emotional I get,” Sue said.
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While the two families do not know one another, they are connected through their faith and prayers. Each family praying for the other with an understanding of what a harrowing journey it has been for both. “As much as I was the older generation that didn’t like Facebook before, now I love it,” Tami Stutzman said. “We felt covered by prayer; God knew what he was doing, even if it meant Ronnie wouldn’t live.” “It’s very traumatic,” Sue said. “I don’t let myself dwell on those parts. All I want to concentrate on is getting better and being healed. “My ankles may never be the same again,” Sue said, “but every day I can’t thank God enough for saving me for whatever he still wants me to do – and I’m willing.”
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Like the Stutzmans, the Henrys discovered people had been praying for them all over the world and continually thank God for saving their lives. And for that they are grateful. Both families are still healing from the injuries.
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