A Shock on Saturday

There was an accident right in front of our drive involving two teenage boys on mopeds. Thankfully our neighbor Mandy was able to be the first at the scene...and I called 911 immediately. One boy made it to our house where I stabilized him with pressure to his cuts and a blanket. The other boy was lying in the middle of the road with a possible concussion and abrasions. Within a few minutes our front drive turned into quite the "emergency" hub. There were two ambulances, a police car, and firetruck. The boy in the road was attended by neighbors and passerbyers until the police came, and I stayed inside with the other boy and got his mom on the phone. As it turned out, everyone should be okay.....just bruised up with lacerations. Strange thing about being at the right place and the right time.......the boy in the road turned out to be a student I've taught for two years, the police deputy was a former student, the firefighters were both in choir, and the boy's uncle that picked up the mopeds was a former student. Ken and Joel pulled up just before the emergency vehicles arrived.....and were pretty surprised to see all the activity. Poor Joel turned white as a sheet when he saw the victim......but was able to settle down abut 45 minutes later. he assured the boy's dad that we would be praying for his son....and thanked everybody who assisted. Although accidents are terrible tings to happen, we were thankful it happened where we were able to help out and that the victims will get the help they need.

Later on in the evening the boys stopped out with Malachi's mom (who also was a student of mine years ago) and wanted to see the accident spot. I also found out at that time the reason the accident happened in front of our drive is because Malachi wanted to stop in and say hello! Wow....my heart sank! and I am once again praising God that they were not hurt any worse than they were. I am thankful there were no cars coming or going to complicate the accident. I told the boys that God's hedge of protection was completely surrounding them!