On Thursday I got a call from Vince, "Jen, I just got into an accident. I'm stuck in the car!" I calmly talked to him and told him it was OK. Inside I was freaking out. The kids were in the backseat of my car and I didn't want them to hear what was going on. Luckily, I was only a few miles from where the accident happened.
I pulled up to the intersection with the fire truck following behind me. Our van was destroyed. The other car was a mangled mess as well. Vince was walking around and the other guy was sitting on the curb.
Vince can't remember what happened, but he was at a stop sign and must have not seen the other car or maybe thought the other guy had a stop sign too. Their cars met in the middle of the road. Vince's car flipped over at least two times. It was a mess!
The other driver ended up going to the hospital in the ambulance. Vince stayed with us, seemingly unhurt. The ambulance drivers couldn't believe that he escaped with no injuries.
Obviously God was protecting Vince. Normally Vince drives his car (a convertible). It is very rare that he drives my van. We had switched cars only hours earlier so he could pick up some pallets of Verve water in storage. Had he been in his convertible he would have been seriously injured or killed when the car flipped.
As time wore on Vince became increasingly sore. A friend suggested that he take an Epsom salt bath. We have a big tub next to the bathroom counter. Somehow the fan that was on the counter fell into the tub...and it was turned on! How he didn't get electrocuted is beyond me!
When we moved here people warned us that it could be dangerous because we were entering Satan's playground. Until Thursday I didn't really think about it. Now I'm thinking a little differently!
I realized on Thursday that even though church planting can be dangerous, God is completely in control. As we enter cities to start new churches we are definitely under attack (marriages, finances, kids, loneliness, etc.) but in the end we are victorious no matter what happens. God wins...Satan loses...game over!
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3 comments:
ha I knew vince was a superhero!!! man he cant fool me. glad youre "ok" V-man
God wins - Satan loses - Game Over.
Truth spoken! Love it!
PTL that your husband is okay! it is so true that we as missionary church planters are so under attack as we are on the front lines on the battle for evangelising America, which satan hates! But, I like what Veronica said, "God wins-satan loses-game over!"
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