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My fiancé could have died last night.

All day long yesterday, my tummy was in knots.  When I’m stressed, it goes straight to my stomach.  But praise the Lord, we had a small answer to the prayers for the house when my landlord called at 4:30.  We have a place to stay for the month of February.  My landlord knocked the rent down a bit for us as a wedding present.  Thank you JESUS!!!

I relaxed a bit last evening.  Having our wedding shower helped a lot. We got home late, talked for a bit, and then Robo started back to Rock Hill to spend the night with his host family.  I dropped off to sleep.  At 12:30, my phone went off and I answered to the words, “Rach, I just got hit by a drunk driver.”

Two weeks ago, I received a similar phone call.  Robo hit a pothole too hard and blew out his front tire.  He replaced them.  Come to find out, his old tires were balding anyway.  Replacing those tires helped save Robo’s life last night.  But who knew that two weeks ago?  Then it had seemed an unwanted expense to shell out $200 on new front tires for his car.  But now I’m thankful.

When Robo started back to Rock Hill last night, he came across three separate packs of deer within 2 miles of my house.  One he even saw bounding across a field, even though it was pitch dark out.  Robo took it to be God telling him to be wary.  20 minutes later, he came up on the exit he needed for Rock Hill.  Just before, there was a stopped truck on the side of the road, lights blinking.  Anybody who’s driven around Charlotte and Rock Hill knows that there are stopped cars on the sides of the road all the time.  And the lights are never blinking.  Especially at 12:30 at night.

Wary of the situation, Robo pulled into the other lane to give that car space, and then proceeded to switch back for his upcoming exit.  He checked his blind spots, then his rearview mirror.  And saw the guy ready to plow into the back of him.  Robo put on the brakes to slow down, in case the on-coming car decided to swerve around him.  That brake check also probably saved his life last night.  Instead of the oncoming car hitting him square in the back, the other driver actually hit under the back bumper.  This prevented the bumper from squishing his rear wheels. Between that and the new tires, Robo kept his car on the road, slowed to a stop, and then called 911.

The driver of the other car is unknown at this point.  The other car veered off the road, so when Robo called 911, he ran back down the highway to check it out.  At that point, there was no driver in the drivers seat, and the passenger insisted he wasn’t driving.  But the guy was also plain drunk.  

I got to the scene around 1:00am and waited with Robo.  The police finished their business and the tow truck came.  We took his busted car back to Rock Hill, and then I took Robo to the hospital.  Praise the Lord the only thing he is only suffering from sore muscles in his shoulder and back from absorbing the impact through the seat and steering wheel.  I took Robo back to my house and put him to bed so I could take care him.  As he drifted off to sleep, I fought back tears of relief and joy.  Getting that phone call last night was one the scariest things I’ve had.  God has been asking me to trust Him with everything again.  Right down to His care and protection for the man I’m going to marry next Saturday.

Please continue to pray for us.  We are now probably down to only one car.  Thankfully, mine can get us to Ohio for the wedding.  But as Robo starts looking for a job, we don’t know what that will mean with only one vehicle.  We also don’t know yet how much the other car’s owner’s insurance will pay.

Last night, I made a quick post on Facebook.  The immediate feedback of prayers, love and support has been overwhelmingly helpful.  Robo and I both thank you for letting us know we don’t stand alone.