You can read part I if you missed it.
This now brings us to Monday. The plan was to go to C4KK, pick up Erastus and Moses, take them to Tala for a few school supplies then drop them at their new school. We made it to C4KK, along with a chicken Bosco’s sister gave us on Saturday (I’m not a big live chicken fan, I prefer mine cooked and on a plate, so Bosco “chicken-sat” until we could bring it up to C4KK)
But upon looking around the compound we found a disturbing sight. The guys who off loaded stone on Saturday did off load but they put it right on top of our barbed wire fence. All I could think about was all the hard work our friends, Rod and Bobbie and Bosco and Roman had done putting in those fence posts and the guys had no qualms of putting the stone on top of the fence….perhaps on either side would have been better in my opinion!
Ok so that was frustrating but it was time to leave. We got the boys school stuff packed into the truck and we were off. We were close to half way to Tala when a lory (a large truck and this one was hauling sand) in the process of avoiding pot holes (which is close to impossible here) was not able to get back into his lane fast enough and hit the drivers side mirror of our truck. The impact broke the mirror and sent it flying into the truck. Chucks right arm was all cut up (remember our cars are opposite of those in the US) and I had a few minor cuts on my face. Thankfully the boys in the back seat were ok.
After impact I touched my forehead and once I saw blood on my fingers I was pretty much done….I’m not good with blood, especially my own! Much emotion/commotion was happening but suffice it to say the guy did stop (after we turned around and followed him). Chuck simply wanted the guys license to get his information but he, at first, wouldn’t even get out of the truck and had his window rolled up! Eventually he came out and we found out he was driving on an expired temporary license (big surprise there…not!) When we tried to find a number to call police we were given a number of a guy who would call the police for us…what? We sat for over an hour…no police, no information given and the guy desperately trying to talk his way out of this mess. At first he suggested WE give him 5000/ksh so he could drop off the sand he had then get more sand and drop that at C4KK! Are you serious…you hit us and want us to pay you!? Let me think…..ummmm no! Then he wanted to make an agreement that he would pay us over time. Yea right, once you leave we won’t see or hear from you again. “no, no, you can trust me!” He was really making this too easy…ummmm no! We told him if he could pay for the mirror we’d call it good. We found out the mirror would cost around 12000/ksh to replace and of course he didn’t have that so the next best thing was to deliver the sand he had to C4KK. To which he agreed.
Now remember we still haven’t made it to Tala to get the boys school supplies and to school. By this time it’s around 1:30pm and I’m about ready to fall asleep. I think the surge of adrenaline finally crashed and I was also ready to crash! Ann, house mom at C4KK, gave me an uplifting thought though saying the devil had plans but Jesus had overcome those. Amen and praise God He kept us all safe in what could have been a very bad accident. And I was also able to find some peace in watching some little blue birds (not sure of their official name) before heading back to Tala.
The trip back to Tala was a bit anxious for me, every time a lorry went by my stomach would turn, waiting for impact again. But we made it safely to town, got the boys school stuff and thankfully Bosco went with us so Chuck dropped me at home and they went to school. Although the accident wasn’t much of an impact my body was still pretty sore and a headache to boot. So I was glad to just stay home.
I really am feeling aged but I know this too shall pass (meaning the soreness not the aging part!) and I continue to be thankful for the mercy God showed us throughout this accident.