Accident takes life of worker's girlfriend's sister

Late last evening, the sister of Flavio’s girlfriend succumbed to injuries she suffered Friday night in a hit-and-run accident.

Carmen, 18, had been walking to a Guatemala City disco after dinner with two friends, when a car went out of control and hit them, fleeing the scene. Carmen was critically injured; a companion suffered broken bones. Flavio, Vina Studio’s videographer, told me he did not recognize her when he first saw her on Saturday.

Flavio was recently robbed while aboard a bus from Guatemala City to his work here in Sololá.

Yesterday, doctors said Carmen’s brain appeared to have stopped functioning. Still, her family held out hope because her pulse did seem to quicken when she heard her sister’s voice. She apparently did not know Jesus.

Please pray for the families involved to find peace and rest in Christ, whose cross alone offers reconciliation with God and eternal hope amidst sorrow.