While on a mountain bike ride on Sunday, Sept. 9th, Jason was thrown from his bike and had to be flown out from the trail by helicopter to Swedish Hospital and is in the Neuro CCU. After a CT scan, they found that he had broken 2 ribs, had a bruised lung, some swelling in the cervical spine, and the 5th vertebrate in the Thorasic region of his back was broken. He is able to move his arms and legs and is in considerable pain. They are trying to make him more comfortable and he is in good spirits, able to talk and even smile.

He is going to be having back surgery today Monday, Sept. 10th around 4:00 pm. They will be placing some rods on either side of his spine near the break. The surgery will last 4 to 5 hours and then Jason will be in ICU for 24 hours with 4 to 5 days in the hospital after that. Please pray over this surgery, the surgeon and staff, Jason and the family during this time.

God was watching over Jason throughout the whole incident. He was accompanied on the ride by two friends, Eric Brown and Tom Norris. As they were trying to figure out what to do about getting help, they decided to stop and pray for a moment for guidance and God sent His answer immediately when a biker passed by on his way down the trail. Eric and Tom were able to give him the information to get help and the search and rescue teams were on their way within a short period of time. After about 3 hours of waiting, the helicopter showed up and they had to carry him about a mile to a place where the helicopter was able to land.

While this was all going on, the wives of the three men were starting to get worried when they missed their 5:00 return time. Kerri Norris decided to drive down to the trail site as it had started to get dark. She found Jason's car at the trailhead and knew that she needed to send the search and rescue team up the trail. Kerri found the rescue team right away. They asked how she knew where to find them and she said that God led her to them. While Kerri was waiting for news, she started to talk to anybody who was coming down the trail, and she met two men who after only a few words from Kerri, sat with her and prayed with her. God had all the details set up even before anything had happened to Jason. What a wonderful God!!!

Debbie