Sunday, April 11, while driving to
Louisville for a combined church service, one of the 
vehicles with 5
campus students from The Lexington Church swerved to avoid another car,
turned over and rolled several times. The driver, Kiara L. Hinkle, who
had been a Christian for one year, was killed. Another was seriously
injured and three more were treated and released. Here is an update
from the Lexington ministry leader.
Thank
you for thinking about our little congregation here in Lexington,
Kentucky. We were amazed when we heard that our news made DisciplesToday
as we have been flooded with tons of love and support and prayers from
waves of emails and calls from all over the world! It is amazing how a
sweet, little, campus angel in Kiara Hinkle was and is able to change
the lives of our church forever! We miss her a lot!
There has been much progress in the last 24 hours! Natya is now
officially released from the hospital and is doing well both physically
and spiritually (Kiara was one of her closest friends and her partner
to the Sydney, Australia summer internship). The other two girls, Nikki
Berry and Aubrey Barton, are with their families now and doing well. We
still need lots of prayer for Jason Turner, who suffered much injury
(in the act of bracing Aubrey from much of the impact during the
rollovers in the SUV which explains how Aubrey came away literally
unscathed! Yes, Jason is a hero!), He is scheduled for surgery tomorrow
morning on both of his broken arms. He is still in great pain as the
rest of his upper body, both front and back, suffered multiple
fractures.
Thank you again! We have been strengthened much by all the
encouragement. Please continue to keep the Lexington Church in your
prayers, and pray for our church’s resolve and fight to make it through
this difficult period. especially for Jason’s recovery and comforting
Kiara’s family. The leaders here are confident and moving forward to
see to it that God will be glorified and be victorious!
In Him alone,
Kirk Valencia
Ministry Leader, The Lexington Church
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