Haywood Christian Ministries Director Lisa James is still in the hospital after a serious accident left her severely injured less than two weeks before Christmas.

Although James has been moved from the intensive care unit into the trauma ward at Mission Hospital, her condition is still listed as serious.

“We’re all rooting for Lisa,” said HCM Assistant Director Rusty Wallace, who has been moved up to full time in the wake of the accident. “We’re also praying for her daily. We’ve got the entire ministry praying daily.”

The accident occurred around 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14 on Stevenson Cove Road in Waynesville. Trooper Steve Allen with the N.C. Highway Patrol said witnesses told him James had parked her car in the road and was getting something out of the back seat when another driver hit her ...