Saturday May 15, 2010, I went 10 miles out of town to Taperinha to pick up the teens for youth group. It turned out there Eder was the only one who came. As I got back to the city and turned onto the cross street another car coming parallel to the main road hit my car and pushed me into the corner lot where there were cement pillars. Although hitting them caused more damage than the collision, it was good that it stopped the car from hitting the house. Fortunately the other car just hit the right front corner and not the passenger side so no one was hurt. It was dark and the corner was unlit and unmarked, and the vision was blocked by tall grass so I couldn't see any car coming. It was a big surprise!
I do have insurance, but it took two whole weeks before they did the evaluation of the car and decide to fix it or total it. The car is a 10 year old Ford Escort. Just the week before I paid $300 for the yearly road tax and car registration. The insurance company decided to fix it, but I still don't have the car back yet. The repair shop has finished the job on the body of the car, but is now waiting for the insurance company to come and evaluate the mechanical part and give them permission to finish the job.
After two frustrating weeks without a car, I was able to borrow a car which I am still using. One of my fellow missionary workers who retired and went home to the states has his car for sale, but it hasn't sold yet. For me this was God's grace and I pray that as soo as I get my car back, his car will sell.
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