I got an email from Jaco this morning (sept. 6). Here is a little clip of what he said:
"I'm still doing well in the rehab place here. The muscles in my arms and shoulders are back in the same condition as they were before the accident and also some small muscles in my core are working. Riding around in a wheelchair starts to be second nature and I'm getting used to it. I'm also doing a lot of physical fitness and sports here which stimulates the recovery of the muscles which are working. Last weekend I've been home again for a day and that went pretty well. It was nice to be back in the farmhouse of my parents and also to see the new house that my parents are building. "
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Here is an email from Jaco dated August 11.
Hello my dear friends in Bishop,
How are you all doing? How did the trips go and what are you all up to? How is it going in the SOAR-house? How is it going with the new base?
Thanks for the cards and e-mails!
I'm doing good. I'm staying in a rehab-place for 4 weeks now and learning to go around with my handicap. Learning to transfer between my bed and the wheelchair by myself and doing fitness to get more and more strength in my arm and shoulders. It's amazing how quickly the strength in my arm and shoulders is coming back. My hands are also improving but very slowly and some small muscles inside my hand are not (yet) working. It's sometimes hard to realize that I have to go around in a wheelchair and not just able to go running, climbing or whatever. I really miss it to be around with you guys, it was such a good and fun time. But the best time still has to come; eternity!
I'm curious where you're all up to the coming time, finding Gods way for your life. If any of you has received a picture or word from God for me, please let me know! I'm a kind of struggling with the idea that Eline&I had received from God what things we had to do, but the accident made a lot of those things impossible. For us it kind of feels now that we have to hear from God again about our future and what He wants to teach us through this time.
I hope you're all doing good and I keep praying for you.
God is good, as He always has been!
Ciao, Jaco.
Hello my dear friends in Bishop,
How are you all doing? How did the trips go and what are you all up to? How is it going in the SOAR-house? How is it going with the new base?
Thanks for the cards and e-mails!
I'm doing good. I'm staying in a rehab-place for 4 weeks now and learning to go around with my handicap. Learning to transfer between my bed and the wheelchair by myself and doing fitness to get more and more strength in my arm and shoulders. It's amazing how quickly the strength in my arm and shoulders is coming back. My hands are also improving but very slowly and some small muscles inside my hand are not (yet) working. It's sometimes hard to realize that I have to go around in a wheelchair and not just able to go running, climbing or whatever. I really miss it to be around with you guys, it was such a good and fun time. But the best time still has to come; eternity!
I'm curious where you're all up to the coming time, finding Gods way for your life. If any of you has received a picture or word from God for me, please let me know! I'm a kind of struggling with the idea that Eline&I had received from God what things we had to do, but the accident made a lot of those things impossible. For us it kind of feels now that we have to hear from God again about our future and what He wants to teach us through this time.
I hope you're all doing good and I keep praying for you.
God is good, as He always has been!
Ciao, Jaco.
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