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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Santa Barbara & Solana Beach
Posts: 3,899
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It's SUMMER, it's HOT, be CAREFUL!!!!
Hey riders, this is the 4th or 5th prayer request I've received from BlackSheep HDFC Chapters across the country. Let's all slow down, think safety, and enjoy our rides.
If you pray, send one up. Thanks.
TO ALL,
MICHELLE, WHO RIDES WITH THE INLAND EMPIRE CHAPTER BLACKSHEEP, WENT DOWN SATURDAY WHILE WE WERE RIDING UP TO BIG BEAR, SHE GOT A LITTLE WIDE COMING OUT OF A CORNER AND CROSSED THE LINE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC, SHE NARROWLY MISSED THE FRONT OF A TRUCK DRIVEN BY AN OFF DUTY CHP, BY GOING AROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BY WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT AND LEFT THE ROADWAY, SHE LANDED ON SOFT DIRT, BUT ONLY AFTER ABOUT A TWENTY FOOT FLIGHT OVER A RAVINE AND THE FRONT END IMPACTING A ROCK STICKING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
SHE DID SEVERAL FLIPS WITH HER BIKE AND IT ULTIMATELY LANDED ON TOP OF HER. ALTHOUGH SHE MISJUDGED THE CORNER, SHE HANDLED THE REST LIKE A PRO. THERE WERE SEVERAL OBSTACLES INCLUDING A LARGE TREE, A METAL POLE AND LOTS OF MEAN LOOKING BOULDERS THAT SHE AND HER "GUARDIAN ANGELS" MISSED. THANK YOU, JESUS!!
I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE MISJUDGMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT THAT DAY, AND WE HAD BEEN STANDING AROUND AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES GETTING BAKED. PLEASE REMEMBER, SUMMER TEMPS ARE HERE AND WE NEED TO STAY COOL AND HYDRATED TO WARD OFF DEHYDRATION WHICH CAN LEAD TO SLOWER RESPONSES WHILE RIDING. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH AGAINST US OUT THERE ALREADY, LETS DO ALL WE CAN TO SWAY THE ODDS IN OUR FAVOR: STAY PRAYED UP, DRINK LOTS OF WATER AND KEEP OUR EYES ON EACH OTHER FOR SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. IT DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES TO PULL OVER, FIND SOME SHADE AND GET A DRINK. IT COULD LITERALLY SAVE A LIFE!
LAST NIGHT, HER CONDITION WAS: A BROKEN RIB, A "BURST" FRACTURE TO A FEW VERTEBRAE IN HER MID BACK, AND A LACERATED LIVER. BY ALL MEANS THE LIVER IS THE MOST SERIOUS AT THE MOMENT, IT IS AT A STAGE 4+, IF IT GOES TO 5, SHE WILL NEED EMERGENCY SURGERY. THE SPINE IS NEXT AS THERE PIECES OF BONE FRAGMENT THERE THAT CAN BE VERY SERIOUS TO HER SPINAL CORD. PLEASE PRAY THAT THE LIVER CLOSES AT THE POINT OF INJURY, AND THAT THE BONES IN HER BACK, STAY AWAY FROM THE CORD, AND IN FACT LETS PRAY FOR A MIRACULOUS HEALING OF ALL THE INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED.
WHEN I GET MORE INFO. I WILL SHARE.
GOD BLESS!
PASTOR DENVER
RUSHING WIND I.E.
BIKERS FOR CHRIST
P.S.
HER DAUGHTER MACY AND HER HUSBAND MIKE WHERE RIGHT BEHIND HER. ON HIS BIKE AND SAW THE WHOLE THING, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THIS MUST'VE AFFECTED THEM BOTH. MIKE WAS STILL SHAKING LAST NIGHT WHEN I SAW HIM LAST NIGHT, BUT HE LAID THEM SHAKING ON HER AND ANOINTED HER WITH OIL,
HE'S A ROCK!!!
MACY IS STILL RELIVING THE WHOLE THING IN HER HEAD, SO PRAY THAT GOD WOULD HELP HER IN THAT, SHE'S AN ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE HER SO UPSET.
THIS IS AN AWESOME FAMILY THAT RIDES EVERYWHERE TOGETHER, THEY EVEN RODE TO TOMBSTONE AS A FAMILY.
THEY ARE HARD CORE JESUS FREAKS, AND THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.
LOVE YOU ALL!!
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