And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:5-9

Sunday, October 26, 2008

My Wounded Weekend Warrior

This weekend about 30 men from our church went on a retreat to Shepherd of the Ozarks (known as SOTO). Saturday morning John and some guys went on a hike to get out in to God's beautiful creation. It is so pretty down there! They went caving. This is a picture from the mouth of the cave. A goat cave. (I don't know why it's called a "goat cave" maybe for mountain goats I guess???)During the caving expedition, John bumped his head on the cave ceiling. The ceiling was sharp and to make a long story short he gashed his head open. Our friend Jason took his shirt off to help stop the bleeding. Now that is a friend! Someone who will take the shirt off his back for you, quite literally! Thanks Jay.

Yes, I know..YUCK! Our friend Joe took John to the ER to get stitched up. When they got to the ER they said they would have to shave his head to give him stitches or they could staple the wound. John opted for the staples. He told me he wanted to keep what little hair he had left. Here is my warrior all fix up.

He got 7 staples. Poor sweetie!


John said other than the caving accident he had a great time. He will go back in 7 days to get the staples removed. Accidents do happen unfortunately..

5 comments:

Nate said...

there were some of the guys that got pictures of goats walking around on some of the bluffs across from the cabins. that may be where the cave got its name.

sara said...

I had my picture made in one of those caves once. I guess I'm too short to knock my knoggin' thank goodness. Sorry for the mishap John, but what impressive staples.

Libby said...

Wow, that looks bad! Are you trying to top Josh? He's busted his head open twice this year. Sorry for John, that's bad. Looks like you had a great time otherwise.

Meredith said...

very impressive john, glad you are ok!

John Moeckel said...

I have more staples than a swingline. Oh well. I am just glad I didn't break my leg or something.