Sr. Leon passed away the other night. Don’t get me wrong, it is sad but I am glad that he is no longer suffering. I went and visited him at the hospital in the late afternoon on Wednesday and he passed away that evening around 8 in his sleep. When I went to see him he had his O2 going and his labs were within the norms, he was awake and conscious, we had a nice little talk and joked around a bit. He also had a visitor from the church there. When I got to the hospital at 7 for Don Jose’s prostate surgery I decided to pop upstairs first to check on Sr. Leon. I was a bit confused because I walked into his room (It’s a big shared room) and he was no where to be found! I walked out to go find a nurse and an women followed me out and asked if I had come back to visit him. I said yes, and she informed me that he had died last night. She was a very kind, Christian lady and told me all that had happened. I am really going to miss spending time with him, and reading and singing….but I know that he is resting now (and his feet are clean!) I believe this is better because I am not sure who would take care of him and bring medicines etc after Patty and I leave. Patty was so great yesterday….while I was with Sr. Jose who was in surgery she went to Wichanzao, found his family and came back to Regional with all of them and helped them with the long difficult process of getting his body out. She literally had to help put his body into the freezer at the morgue! I know that was a really hard day, but the family needed some support and I am thankful someone was there to help them throughout the entire process.
I am so humbled for all that God is doing through you guys. I've been sharing the story of how I met Sr/Don Jose here in the States, and I'm so glad he was shown kind and tender mercies through you guys' hands. My hat is off for that and praise God for people like you.
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