>Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 06:37:53 CDT > >Talk about God's protective hand. >I arrive home on Saturday night at 10:45 to hear the most incredible news. >I was gone all day on a school bus trip (I was the driver). SO I sent my >wife to attend our FCF Phase I in my place. She and my 2year old son >(Scott), my 6 year old daughter (Angela), and 2 young men who were going >for >their testing headed out for Columbia, MO at 7:30 am. This was just a >normal trip to Columbia. We take this same route several times a year. >BUt >this was not any normal day. My fellow commander who is an EMT for Audrian >County had to work. That left my wife to take the boys for their testing. >Everything was going fine until they got on the 54 bypass heading south. >Moments before the second exit into Mexico, MO, a car tried to pass another >going north bound. For those who do not know this is a two-way road. My >wife and Keith (14-yr old Trailblazer) looked up and saw this car trying to >pass. Then they saw the car veer back behind the car it was trying to pass >then it veered back into their lane. The car hit the church van in the >front driver's side which took the most impact. All had seat belts on. >The van rolled on its side. Upon impact my daughter's seat belt snapped >loose. She went flying through the van. Keith who was in the front seat >caught her in the air and blocked her head from going through the passenger >side window. Daniel (17-yr old Challenger) was holding on to my 2-yr old's >car seat. Making sure it wasn't going anywhere. Daniel got Keith our >first >so they could pass Angela and Scott through the Driver side long window >since the van was laing on the passenger side. My wife was experiencing >chest pains so she couldn't climb out like the others. Daniel with the >help >of a gentleman outside of the van kicked the back door open. My wife >(Shelly) and Daniel got out. WHen helped arrived Shelly asked the >patrolman >what county they were in , when she found out that she was in Audrain >County >she wanted my fellow commander Greg Weaver (the EMT who was working) (He >hasn't worked a Saturday since last summer). She found out that he was >already at the hospital. Angela had 2 bumps on her head an a bunch of cuts >& bruises. (X-rays found NOTHING wrong at all). Keith had several minor >cuts and bruises on his arms. Daniel had some carpet burn on his arm and a >little on his back. Scott NOTHING wrong at all. Believe me those 5-point >harness car seats work. Shelly was under observation because of her chest >pains. Plus being the driver didn't help either. They found nothing wrong >in any of her x-rays. Sunday morning she even got up and sang with the >worship team. And even spoke about the whole event. My 2 rangers were >even >there to tell their stories. Needless to say the church van was completely >totalled. The driver of the other car we understand broke her hip in 4 >places. She was driving a Volkswagen Vox. It's utterly totalled. The >wrecking crew put the hood of her car in the back of our church van. It >was >a very eerie sight. Someone in our church went and took pictures. I never >want to hear that God's doesn't do miracles anymore. There is one thing >that I do know GOD IS AWESOME. Please keep Shelly, Angela, Scott, Keith, >Daniel and the driver of the other car in prayer. They are going to need >it. Thank you to all who helped in this whole event. Remember this one >thing: GOD IS AWESOME. > > > >Lewis Bode >aka: Quietflame >Trailblazer/Challenger Commander >Outpost 17 >1st A/G >Hannibal, MO > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >_______ >To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >"Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! >http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
