Car Accident in Africa

Obstacle #3 car accident in Africa. Courtney, Matt, and I were exhausted. It was 1pm and after picking up some needed supplies to hold us over until we got our bags we started to head to Banta (where the Orphanage is.) This is about a 7 hour ride. Needless to say we all started to pass out in the back of the range rover. I woke up without knowing what was going on, but with immediate fright. I began to be tossed around the car and all I remember is looking out the window and thinking “im going to fall out of the car, im going to fall out of the car…Im going to die”…by the power of God (and I still don’t know how I stayed inside) I was pulled back inside of the car. Then everything stopped. We all got out of the car and I see Courtney lay immediately on the ground with a bloody nose. I look at the side windows and they are both smashed out, I check on everyone else as other people stop their cars and run up to the scene to make sure we are all ok. I didn't know what to do. I hear Mama Angie tell me to get water and so I go to the back of the truck to get water and things are everywhere! There is a mix of water, eggs, food, and glass. I grab a bottle of water and go back out. It was then that I noticed that I was also bleeding and the natives around that ran when they saw the accident tried to care for my wound. Then we all piled back into the car without knowing what happened. As we sit there Courtney begins to cry, the shock of the accident begins to set in on all of us and we are paralyzed by what we just experienced. We head to the nearest “hospital” just so everyone can be checked out. We get out of the car and see the front completely smashed. We asked Uncle Magnus and Mama Angie who were sitting in front what happened and they couldn’t tell us. They said there was a force from the car pushing us to the side. We ran off the side of the rode through a ditch and back on. We still don’t know what hit the front of the car or why the two side windows were smashed out. Again I praise God that His glory shines through this situation. He continues to put situations in my life where I can ONLY rely on Him and ONLY trust in Him more and more. Father knows best! As the drive went on (we still had 6 hours a head of us) more bruises and aches began to arise. We finally arrived to the orphanage around 9pm where we received the most powerful healing, beng surrounded by the children. Before I even got out of the car I heard “auntie Jesi!.” The kids knew someone would be arriving but they had no idea who it was. I got out of the truck to the children overwhelming me with hugs and praise that I “kept my promise and returned.”Then, I walked into house 2 (the house I looked after last time) and saw pictures I had left with the kids all around the room. Pictures of my mom, dad, brothers, sister, grandma, friends…it was breathtaking to see that I have a special place in the lives of these children just as they have a special place in my life as well (if you cam to my house before leaving and saw an abundant amount of my Sierra Leone children you would understand.) Its now day 5 and I am feeling almost 100% better. Courtney and Matt still have pains in their back and shoulders and Mama Angie went to a doctor today for the pain she began to feel. But we are all here to continue to walk down the path God has laid out for us to shine His glory.