Before reading the story below....please be advised:
1. We are 100% okay
2. I don't have to pay the mission anything
3. Dad, I almost didn't tell you because I don't want you to worry and I also don't want you to call my mission office about it...everything is taken care of. Leave those poor people alone haha! ;)
4. Thank you for your prayers...they work!
So remember all that car trauma I caused for Maria Blanca? Well, I was in my first accident with another vehicle on Saturday. It was so weird. It's actually a very good story considering there wasn't much damage at all and that everyone was totally fine and just a little sore.
We were stopped at a light waiting to go left. The light turned green and a pedestrian started crossing a very busy road and the car ahead of me made the left. We were still at a stop because I was waiting for the guy to get accross the street. Then BAM we got rear ended. It was so weird. I would've sworn by how hard it felt like we got hit that we had lost a bumper. I put on my hazard lights then I looked in the rear view mirror and there was a huge line of cars. They started honking and I thought it was obvious that we had gotten hit (in my head at least) and I knew I wasn't supposed to move the car but there was so much traffic so I thought ok we'll just cross this intersection and the guy will follow me right? So we went across the street slowly and the guy behind us took a left and so I thought he was just going to pull over there right? NO! He sped off! What did we do? We followed him! Yes, we chased our hit and run "suspect" through the smoke his tires left as he sped off. My companion scrambled for the phone to call 911 and we realized not only do we not know the liscence plate number we don't know what kind of car it was....we went as fast as we could and had our TIWI box ( a little box that talks to us if we are speeding or driving aggressively) told me "speeding Violation" so annoying. We went on anyway for .5 miles and then I knew we couldn't catch him so we just pulled over, got out and I called 911. Then my emotions took over and I realized how fast my heart was beating and I started crying of course as I struggled to tell the lady on the line which direction the "suspect" was headed. It was so surreal and I was so upset that he just took off! Then, probably 100 people drove by (including all the witnesses) and not one of them even stopped to check on us. There wasn't any obvious damage to the bumper so it just looked like we were having car troubles but I kept thinking about how that would never happen in Oklahoma! I was so upset and disappointed at humanity. I got over it though. haha! 15 minutes later 2 police woman showed up and filled out the report and all that information then Elder and Sister Fort came and checked on us and Sister Fort gave each of us a big hug...it was so nice! They are great!
The results are that the car is totally fine and Elder Fort (he's in charge of the mission cars) said there is barely any damage and he probably won't even call it into the insurance. Everyone said we did the right thing and one of the cops said we played everything by the book. :) That was validating. Sister Ah Chookoon and I were so grateful for the many many prayers that are said all over the world for missionaries and the handful that are said for us specifically! There are so many ways it could have been worse and I'm grateful it all happened the way that it did. Maybe I'll witness an accident and need to be smart enough to record info for someone else...or maybe I'll need to know what to do in the future with a different situation that this will help me out with. Who knows. I thought you would enjoy me sharing that though :) Yes, your sister/daughter chased a hit and run while a missionary. Good times and a great story.
