Please pray

Last night, my two cousins were in a serious car accident. They were returning from a basketball game they had attended with a neighboorhood family when a man ran a stop sign and hit the vehicle. Directly after hitting the vehicle that carried the family and my two cousins, the man hit another vehicle, killing the 19-year old girl who was inside.

The accident smashed the foot of my oldest cousin, Katelynn, causing the firemen to use the "jaws of life" to remove her from the car. The foot lost most of its muscle tissue and fat. Also, the mother of the family (name unknown) endured serve head trauma and possible brain damage caused by a 17 inch cut to head. Both are currently in the hospital. While the son of the family (also name unknown) had to have a few stiches on the forehead, the son, my other cousin, and the father who was driving the vehicle are physically okay.

Many many prayers are requested at this time. Please pray for strength and peace of the families and friends of those involved in the accident, particularly the family and friends of the 19 year-old girl who was killed. Please pray for the mother as she remains in critical condition and will have a long recovery process to reduce the swelling and damage in her brain. Last, but certainly not least, please pray for my cousin, Katelynn Witt, as she undergoes multiple surgeries within the next week to save her foot. Katie is a junior at Basehor-Linnwood High School and her feet are everything to her at this point of her life. She is a star baskeball player, cross country runner, and member of the track team. She also a top piccolo player on the school's Marching Band and has hopes to attend the University of Kansas or Pittsburg State on a track and/or band scholarship. While we are SO grateful that she is alive and does not have more serious or life threatening injuries, my family and I are hoping against the odds that the operations she will undergo within the next week are a success and will allow her to live her life as normal as possible after this traumatizing event.

God Bless and thank you.