Don't dive off a raft...

...or you'll break your back!

I Never did get a chance to write and let everyone know about Dad and the raft.( now that it has been 3 wks.)
Anyways, Dad and Nate built a raft for our pond, and decided to try it out. After they got it into the water, they began horsing around on it and Dad dove in forgetting that they were still in shallow water. Dad hit the bottom of the pond face first and came up babbling, and talking all weird. He finally Yelled "Help! It's my back...." Rob and Nate jumped in and pulled him to the shore, He still wasn't talking right and was acting like he was going to pass out. Mom called 911 and by the time it was all said and done, Dad said that he could crawl out and didn't need an ambulance. Uncle Paul and Aunt Kim were over, so they helped Mom and Rob get him up to the house and in the car.( After cleaning up all the pond junk) It took a long time to get him in the car b/c Dad was in so much pain and couldn't bend, but they were finally able to get him to ER. Dad said the worst part about the whole thing was ER, the pain was unbelievable. Needless to say, Dad broke a vertebrae in his upper back, compressed 2 discs in his neck and broke a rib. The doctor put him on lots of pain med. and therapy. So after 3 weeks he is doing better, but still not a lot of movement. He was able to go to church yesterday for the first time, but even that was hard. It's truly of God that Dad isn't paralyzed, the doctors said that with a dive like that he should have been. We are so thankful that God is in control. Thank you to all of you who are praying.