Personal Story
Several hours passed. Some people passed by and didn’t
even look at me because they were looking for their own. I
tried to help myself out, but it was in vain because I was
weak. I lost too much blood. Finally an old guy arrived,
and came over me. “It’s like a voice told me to come save
someone here.” I told him to look for a hammer or
something else to hit the walls. Luckily he found a long iron
bar. I told him to try to cut the rest of my arm that was stuck
between the walls. He started. I yelled because it was
painful and he confessed that his heart could not allow him
to cut it. After a couple of hours around 9 P.M. he pulled
my arm out. I couldn’t walk. I was carried and put on the
ground. I was tired and hungry. My parents, my friends
thought I was gone, but God took care of me. My arm got
infected and started smelling badly. A few days after that,
my arm was amputated. The story is a little sad, but I want
to say everything happens for a reason and for the will of
God. He favored me; he saved my life through all of this.
He was with me since my birth, through the earthquake, and
until now. My life had changed since then; right now I’m
living in a better country (Miami, FL). I have hope and
dreams like many others.
Junior Jean-Francois is a student in Ms. Will’s class at Lindsey Hopkins
Tech. Ed. Center working to improve his English so he can take a
computer repair course.
My Story of Salvation
I am 35 years old. My hometown is Columbiana, Ohio.
My first experience in education was the best; I attended a
parochial school in Pennsylvania. I attended two public
high schools where I had the opportunity to play baseball.
Because of my athletic ability, I could’ve attended college
on a scholarship, but I began using drugs and dropped out in
12 th grade. To make money, I worked laborious jobs in the
milling industry. On my first day of employment
(10/05/2001), I was about to punch out from my assignment
on a milling machine when my shirt cuff became entangled
in a machine motor. My right hand was severed. The