My friend, Beth and I were in a car crash this morning. There were 4 vehicles involved...3 cars and a tow truck. What happened is that I was driving Beth's car home from a friend's house...she was tired and we didn't want to take the chance of getting in an accident :) So, I drove. Well, anyways, I was driving and we were about an hour outside of Cleveland on our way back to Bowling Green. The weather was nasty...there's a winter storm warning (yes, even though it's supposed to be Spring Time...I think Mother Nature is a little messed up). We were driving West-bound. Our car went hydroplaning...and we headed right towards a semi-truck...but right before we were going to hit it, the car turned directions and we started heading for the median...we went through the median, doing a few 180 degree turns and headed for the East-bound lane on the other side...but as soon as we hit the road where cars were coming toward us, the car turned again and we headed back towards the middle of the median, coming to a stop...where we realized that we were very deep stuck in mud. There was no way that we could get the car out on our own. This all happened right acrossed from a state-highway potrol office. So, one of them came over to check things out...by the Grace of God...we weren't hurt, we didn't hit anything, and the car was perfectly fine. All that needed to happen was a tow truck to come pull us out...and then we would be on our way to Bowling Green. Well, we soon found out that it wasn't going to be that simple...

Now, for the good part...as the tow guy was pulling us out...all of a sudden the guy started running away...and Beth and I were thinking, "WHAT IN THE WORLD??" Well, we soon found the answer...you see there was just enough space between our car and the tow truck that a car could fit through...so wouldn't you know it...a car came through...and snapped the cable in half and slammed in the corner of the tow truck. Beth and I panicked...I said to Beth, "Beth get out of the car, NOW." So, after some thought because she was trying to figure out what just happened, because of being in shock, she got out of the car...and I followed. I went out her side of the car, because the passenger side car door did not work. Well, just moments after we got out of the car...another car came crashing through...hitting the passenger side, where I would have been getting out if the door had worked.

So, 3 cars and 1 tow truck later, there we were helplessly all sitting, wrecked, in the median. But because we were accrossed from the state highway patrol post, they came over pretty quickly. And we felt pretty important....afterall, there were 4 patrol cars and 4 tow trucks sitting along the side of the road next to us, eagerly awaiting their chance to help us :)

Damages done: one car totaled; one tow truck with a busted tire and dented rear corner; one car with a dented front left corner/fender; and Beth's car - a tore off front bumper and the front right corner is busted up some...

hurting people: NONE! PRAISE THE LORD!! (no hurting people, physically, at least...mentally, well, that's a different story...Beth's and my mind's are racing and I just keep picturing the things that could have happened to us today...starting with the fact that we could have ran straight into a semi---THAT WOULD HAVE HURT!!!!)

But good always comes out of the bad. God can do wonders in ALL circumstances. The first thing that came out of all of the people's mouths that I talked to afterwards (except for the tow truck guy...I didn't talk to him)...is that, they now definately know that there is a God. Everyone realized, that we could all have been seriously hurt and worse...and that the Lord was watching out for us. Praise the Lord. I'm not sure if everyone was Christian...but if not, at least God has begun working in their lives. Please pray for all that were involved...that they continue to allow God to work.

By His Grace,
Anita