Praise report-car accident last night
 

Last night, the young people had one last Valley Rally (youth fellowship) near Milwaukee and I ended up driving when we discovered that the church van wasn't ready for us to take it, and I didn't have time to get things done that it needed.

We went to church and then bowling afterwards. We left just before 1am (I tell ya, I'm not a spring chick anymore and that's LATE!) and started a 2 hr drive home.

Just after getting on the highway headed toward the interstate (LR was behind me in her vehicle, as there were too many kids for just my van), I allowed LR to pass me to be the lead vehicle. She can see deer better than I can, and when she passed, I turned to her and waved.

I turned to look ahead of me and there were two deer in the roadway. I'm going about 65 MPH and hit the brakes, fearing that LR would have to swerve in my lane. The deer went off the road and I let up on the brake. Just then, the little guy decided he wanted his M&M's or something and crossed in front of me again.

I hit the brakes just as I hit him. Since he was a little guy, there wasn't much of an impact....for me anyway. The deer and car parts went flying and I pulled over, making sure the kids were ok. They thought it was COOL!

LR and I walked back to find the deer and make sure he wasn't in the roadway. We found him in the median ditch right where I'd hit him. LR wanted to take him home but we were in church clothes and nothing to tie him down with on top of her vehicle.

I called 911 and they came so I could make a claim with my insurance. I have deer insurance that'll cover all but $500. I have pics that'll show perhaps about $1500 of damage. Might be more, I don't know. I'm just thankful he wasn't bigger or we might have been hurt as well as having a disabled vehicle 2 hours from home.

God is good.

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Oh Deer!!!!

:)

Yes, God is SO faithful...glad that everyone is all right. Things can be replaced...:nod

I had to call parents at 1am only to discover the kids had already called them......LOL!

I failed to mention that plastic must be stuck in my fan because when it came on to cool the engine down (I'd left it running while looking for the deer), it clicks badly.

I called the insurance company but they aren't open today, so I'll hear from them on Monday.

I'm so glad you guys are all okay!

:toofunny

HO,

I was in an accident yesterday. Someone rear-ended me and I have a bump on my head. My car looks worse than my head though, so I know it could have been worse. I can handle a bump.

Yes, God is good!!

Thankfully you are alright!

I'm glad you are OK, tamor.

One more thing to thank God for......my airbag didn't deploy!

If it had, I would have certainly had injuries, in addition to possibly not being able to stop after impact.

There wasn't any traffic to speak of, but there was an overpass in front of me!