Update on our student...

Well, it looks like we have a miracle here in Belize. Bernard, the student who attempted suicide about three weeks ago, who wasn't expected to survive the day, is still alive and doing fine. The doctors are quite floored, because the one or two cases of people who actually survive swallowing the poison he swallowed usually have extensive internal damage. He does not. He was given dialysis a few days after being admitted into the hospital, and his blood tests came back clean, which has never happened before in a case like this. The doctors thought that maybe he had lucked out and swallowed an inactive form of the poison, so they tested the bottle he drank from. They found no dilution, and that the amount he drank should have killed him. Then the doctors thought maybe the poison was taking a while to be broken down by his body, so they expected him to crash after 3 weeks. Instead, they released him from the hospital with a clean bill of health. He is now at home, and has been accepted back into school for the fall. Please continue to keep him in your prayers, as unfortunately he is going back into the family situation that caused him to become so depressed before. He knows now, though, how much people care for him, and that being alive right now is a miracle. Thanks to everyone who kept him in your prayers!