Well, last weekend, we had ourselves a little accident. We were coming home from a day in DC. Really the boys slept while we went to the Lincoln and other memorials, and we just enjoyed the beautiful weather!! After about 5 days of rain and a day of "snow" it was much needed!!
Well, just as we got onto dreaded 95, we hit traffic. I am not sure how it happened, but we ended up crashing into the car in front of us. It was fast, and scary and we had no idea how it happened really. I was talking to Owen, looking for a video for him to watch, and all of a sudden we were all jolted forward violently. We instantly after looked to the boys and they were in tears. They were shaken up and had no idea what happened. Well, owen did know a little, he said he wanted daddy's car fixed and to go home. Thankfully we were all ok, nothing more than being sore the next day, and the kids car seats worked just like they should, praise God! Well, to cut out the gory details of the crash, had have had many blessings come out of it.
One person who was involved in the crash, there were 3 cars including ours, offered to drive us almost to our house, so we didn't have to wait at the to truck place and wait for a ride from there!! Now we were basically in Dc still when this happened, so we still had about an hour and 45 mins to get home!! She took us all but 20 mins!! Amazing! And she told us to come over anytime and she would cook us a Sudanese dinner!! She was beyond kind. She even gave my children milk to drink since they had already devoured all our snacks and drinks! Talk about a blessing!! We just crashed into her car, via another car, and she showed us such mercy and grace!! I want to be like that lady. I hope i would be in that same situation!! What is the point of being angry and mean....it doesn't ever help!!
Then, from Outdoor World, 20 mins from our house, our friends and neighbors picked us up and took us home!! How amazing is that!! I met these people in July, and they just had moved here like us, so we were all going through the same things. It has been a blessing to have met them, for so many reasons more than them giving us a ride home.
So we had an accident, and really, it was no stress to find a way home! When does that happen?!
Well the next step was to get a rental car....of course i waived that option in our insurance, so we had to find one on our own. It was a sunday, and only rental places open were in the airport. If you rent from an airport, and want to use a debit car, you have to show proof of round trip travel!!! What?! We just need a car! And of course if we pay our credit card with the debit card, the funds wouldn't be available in time! But the nice people are capital one told me to western union the money to the card, and we could have it in 10 mins!! Praise the Lord!! So we were able to get a rental car so Shane could make it to work this week!!
Of course this was not our plan. We wanted to buy a new car for Shane,and a used car for myself!! This was not how we were planning on going about it!! But I know God knows what he is doing.
A few days before the accident, we received word that despite being told Shane and his fellow co workers wouldn't receive the bonus promised to them if they reached a certain goal, they actually were going to get it anyways!! The deal was for JJ's to be up 10% from last year and he will give them a nice extra bonus....well they ended up around 9.5% over from last year!!! But Jimmy, because he basically told everyone that there was no way they wouldn't get it, decided to give it anyways!! What a huge blessing! Now we wanted to use that money and trade in shane's car for a new vehicle! Even if that doesn't happen exactly like we wanted, how amazing is it that we are getting that money this week, just after this awful crash and we will A) have money for the deductible if it needs to be repaired of B) have money to pay the gap and get a new/used car!! The way God has been apart of this is awesome! I know God probably wasn't like, hey lets wreck there car, and leave them hanging, and see how they like that! But I do believe that God is orchestrating all this, and His plan is way better than mine!!
This entire thing could have been way way worse. And especially if we decided to be defeated and let the Devil in and steal the show. yes, we have been stressed a worried at times...the first 3 hours after the accident i think we both were trying to not cry hysterically, because we knew it wouldn't help. We are keeping our heads up and letting God do his work. Just listening to him and pray about all these decisions.
We are still waiting to hear if our car is totaled or not, we should know today. Whatever the outcome is though, I will praise him for all of his goodness and grace he has shown us. Easily, my kids or husband, or self, could have been hurt of taken away from me. That didn't happen, God spared us, and we need to praise him for that!! It going to be a process, but we are going to get through, and with a smile on our face!
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