God's Protecting Hand

I had been down in Nairobi with another missionary couple picking up a visitor. Yesterday we picked her up and were on our way home to Nanyuki. About half way there we were involved in a car accident. Since I was with another missionary couple I had let the other missionary drive my car. Here in Kenya the turn signal is not used for just when you want to turn. It has several meanings. Two of those meanings are: 1)for turning and 2)for telling the people behind you it is clear to pass.

The vehicle two cars up put on their turn signal. The missionary driving watched the vehicle in front of us pass them and so he also prepared to pass. As we did the vehicle decided to turn in front of us. There was no way we were going to get stopped in time. Daniel swerved in the opposite direction so we would not hit them full on. My front right corner bashed into their back left corner. I am still surprised neither one of us spun from the impact. I thank the Lord no one was injured!

We decided the best route to take was to call the police. Over an hour later they finally showed up. There is no hurry in Kenya! We had been praying that we would have nice police that would not focus on our skin color. The Lord answered that prayer! They looked at the tire marks on the road, listened to our story, the other driver’s story. The stories matched which was another miracle. That doesn’t usually happen. Both vehicles were damaged, but were still able to be driven. The police escorted us back down the road to the police station.

On the way we made a stop. The police told us they needed to quickly look at another accident that had happened. It wasn’t long before they were headed back to their car with a grocery bag in their hands. Then their police car would not start so Daniel had to get out and help push start them. We finally got to the police station and got our paper reports written for the insurance companies. No one was given a ticket and they did not detain either vehicle. Another miracle of the Lord! By the time we were on the road again it was very dark. Driving in the dark is not an easy job here in Kenya, but we finally reached home at 9:30. God answered many prayers that night. Thank you for praying! Please continue to pray because this matter is not over.