True Story

Okay, this will be a little long, but I have an amazing testimony to share with you! Terry and Kevin are friends of mine who work in Moncton. Kevin sells cars and recently took Terry to Halifax to pick up a car. They each drove a car back to Moncton, Kevin in the lead, Terry behind.

Terry says there was a semi doing at least 130 km/h (82 mph) down the highway on the return from Halifax. He was following a small car from Ontario, while Kevin was several cars ahead. The semi passed Terry and the Ontario car and was caught behind a slower vehicle. The semi driver didn't pass right away. The Ontario driver, whose family was originally Chinese, decided to pass the semi and the slower vehicle. As the Chinese man pulled out, he noticed that the semi was coming over into his right fender. He slammed on his brakes to avoid being run down the embankment on the left side of the highway.

The brakes were applied too hard, the car spun a little, and they flipped over several times. Terry watched as the car flipped over, and the fourteen-year-old girl in the backseat was thrown out of the vehicle by the force of the crash. The still-flipping car crashed on top of her then flipped off. Terry had pulled over and cell phoned Kevin by the time the car came to rest. While Kevin drove ahead to look for a spot to turn around, Terry ran across the highway to the totaled vehicle.

On the way he passed the unconscious girl who lay mangled by the side of the road. Upon reaching the car he found that the girl's mom was unconscious, bleeding badly, and suffering a severed arm in the passenger seat. The father was conscious and struggling to move out of his seatbelt. Terry ran to him and told him not to move in case he had serious injuries. The man babbled something deliriously, and Terry felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to ask if the man were Christian. He asked. He waited and asked again. Finally the man said, "Jesus...in my heart." Terry was glad and offered to pray with him. The two men prayed together and had a conversation.

After the prayer, Terry called 911. They weren't far from Halifax, but they were far enough that the dispatcher told Terry how to check some vital signs. All three people in the accident were in terrible condition. He continued talking to the dad. When the paramedics arrived, they tried to help him, but the man kept asking them to help his daughter first. The paramedic didn't follow his instruction, so Terry said, "He said to check his daughter first." The paramedic looked at him funny and said, "Whatever, man. He's babbling." Terry insisted, so they checked the daughter first. Kevin was there by this time and helped carry the mother to a stretcher. Terry helped with the daughter.

Once back in Moncton, neither Kevin nor Terry could sleep. Terry witnessed the whole thing, and both men were affected by the condition of the car and the gory state in which they found the family. Terry called the hospital, who would tell them nothing other than the fact that the family were all alive in the ICU. He left his number in case anyone would be willing to call from the Chinese family.

Later that day Terry got a call. It was a pastor of a Chinese church in Halifax. Apparently, the Chinese man is an assistant pastor at a Chinese church in Toronto and had just been a guest to the Halifax church. He and his family were on their way home when the accident occurred. The pastor let Terry know that the Chinese man and his family were all alive and improving. The dad was doing relatively well. The mom had surgery that reattached her arm and was recovering. The daughter would need many surgeries, but she was approved to go home with her family.

Terry said, "Praise the Lord!! Why didn't the man call if he's doing okay? May I please speak with him again?"

The pastor said, "Well, I'm sure you can, but I doubt you want to." When Terry asked why not, the pastor continued, "That assistant pastor can't speak one word of English. You'd never understand him."

If that doesn't give you a "Wow! God's amazing!" moment, then you should get to know Him a little better. :)