David and His Special Passenger

A few weeks ago David wrote this email to some of our friends and family, and since he never writes in the blog because he says he does not know how, I cut and pasted it here so everyone could read:

I saw this article and found it both very sad and also interesting. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29719277 I think most people hear the word rape and think: "that is terrible" and it is, but what happens here in Congo is to me almost unimaginable. A little over a month ago I medevac'd a 9 year old girl that had been raped and then shot in her pelvic region. The only reason she was medevac'd was because we were in the area already, she was stable(that is a relative term) but without proper medical attention she would lose her legs, or worse. Lucky for her there was an American surgeon in town able to operate on her. Like so many things here in Congo I have no idea how it turned out. Kind of makes malaria look like a little cough.
David
P.S. For those that don't know I had malaria(with pneumonia) and had to be put in the hospital. But I am 100% now with no physical or mental scars.

But this story does have a happy ending two days ago, as I was checking passengers in somebody presented this man and his little girl to me explaining to me that they only speak Lingala and that we had flown them before. After hearing more of their story, I became very excited because we do know what the ending of this story is. I rushed out to the plane and had David guess who he had as a passenger. He had a great big grin on his face when he saw her get out of the troopie to get on to the plane. To him this little girl was much better than any movie star he has flown before. The little girl could walk with a limp and she kept a smile on her face. She has her life, but I can only imagine what her nightmares may be.

David, Mobya, and her dad