We are asking you to pray for our partner Jason Knapp. Jason and his family are taking an unexpected trip to Australia this morning to find out the cause behind chest pains that Jason began experiencing early Wednesday morning.
Here’s what we know to date: Jason returned from an overnight trip to the river with his son and some friends this past weekend, and spent the rest of the weekend and early part of this week with intermittent high fevers, shakes and chills, and symptoms of malaria (which he contracted back in Madang—malaria just stays in the system and pops up at various times). Jason thought that he was improving by Tuesday. Then, that night he awoke from a dead sleep at midnight with chest pain. The pain kept him awake the rest of the night. By morning, after consulting on the radio with nurses (and since we didn’t have the right medication to help him in here—where’s a Walgreens when you need one?), Jason and Kellie and the kids all flew out on our mission’s plane to our base in Lapilo, where he could get the proper meds that the nurses felt might help him. While there, Jason had an EKG, and a cardiologist in Australia was going to be looking at test results.
Early this morning, Jason began experiencing chest pains once again. With no doctor available at this time, the nurses felt like Jason needed to have a doctor in Cairns, Australia look at him. So at 7 this morning, Jason and his family were on a plane to Australia. This is all we know at this stage—we will update you as we know more from this end.
Please be praying for Jason and for Kellie and the kids during this difficult time. Also remember Jason’s family in the States, as this is very hard on them as well.
Yesterday during our believers’ meeting, we spent some good time in prayer for the Knapps, and it was encouraging to see the believers rally together to lift up our brother in prayer. So we would ask you to join us and the Tobo church in praying for Jason and his family!!!
Chad for the 3 of us
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