Hans Schmidt, 26, was shot on Nov. 15 while preaching on the street on the corner of 51st Avenue and Peoria in Glendale, Arizona, when an assailant shot him in the head.
According to a GoFundMe set up by family friend Brad Currell, the bullet “traveled through his brain and is still inside on the right side of his head.”
Currell said that bystanders and witnesses heard neither the gunshot nor which direction it came from. Schmidt is currently still hospitalized.
“It’s up and down. It’s up and down. He’s not out of the woods yet, folks,” said Pastor Gary Marsh of Victory Chapel First Phoenix. “He’s showing signs that he is on his way to recovery, but he’s not out of the woods yet. We just need to continue to lift him and lift [his wife] Zulya. That poor, dear thing. She’s just got to be beside herself.”
Zulya Schmidt, Schmidt’s wife, wrote a touching Thanksgiving message on her Facebook page last week.
“So much to be grateful for,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “I am thankful for the amazing husband I got blessed with and all the fun adventures we’ve experienced and will experience.
“You would take care…
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