Oh, how grateful we are to have the knowledge of this glorious gospel and be apart of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints. A title I hold very dear to my heart. Which all of this brings us to the knowledge of our merciful, loving, eternal Father in Heaven and our Dear Savior. Without this comfort and strength I don't know how I would have handled the following:
Royce- Mt Borah
Me- The Beast
The troop that stuck it out with Royce through it all. Special thanks to Mike Rockwood for everything (he knows what he did).
Before it all began
Royce-A picture from a distance of where it happen (after the fall).
Me-Receiving a call that changed my life and began MANY prayers for strength.
Royce- Realizing help was not coming anytime soon they decided to "hunker down" as Royce describes it.
Me- "Hunker down" to me meant my Husband was not coming home. Lots of tears, phone calls, and realizing things were a lot worse then I first thought and trying not to think of what might possibly go wrong to an injured man sleeping at night in 30-40 degree weather.
Search and Rescue came about 7:00am the next morning, spotted them and contacted the Army which showed about 9:30am.
Checked out by the EMT's and with a huge relief finding out he is going to be okay.
Army arrived to bring him home to his awaiting family. Words can't express what happen after that.
Home safe, sound, and recovering from the entire experience. The whole of his injuries are; broken ankle in two places (which now is recovering from surgery with two titanium pins), broken tailbone, burns on hands and legs and backside, and lots of scraps and bruises which are all healing very nicely. To tell you the truth, we are ALL recovering from this experience. This has shed a whole new light on life and purpose in this world and the world to come. It has reminded us of our Heavenly Father and his eternal love for us. It has strengthen our testimonies of the spirit and our ability to listen and act upon it's counsels and more importantly to live so we are capable to do so. We are so grateful to our friends, families, and our ward family. Everyone has been so incredibly supportive through all of this from the beginning to the end. We love you all and will forever hold each and every one of you dear to us forever. Thank you so very much.
4 comments:
I wish all of the pictures loaded!! I can't IMAGINE what you all went through...what a sickening feeling!! I am so glad all is well in the end!! So thankful!
P.S. Cute blog!!
Oh Kate! How I just love you guys! We are so grateful as well that Royce is safe and sound. You two really dont know how special you guys are to everyone around you. To us, you mean so much! Such great examples to us and we are so lucky that we have you in our lives!
I'm so glad that you posted (except that only one picture showed up for me). I hope you got my message on your cell phone. I was worried about you guys until I heard the story from Suszette that Royce would be okay. Wow! I would love to chat with you sometime.
Thanks for sharing. So glad that Royce is recovering well and so glad to have your family in our ward. You guys are awesome! :)
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