A lesson in humility

A Lesson in Humility – April 24, 2009

I guess we were feeling pretty cocky! We felt good about living in our old apartment. We had very little jet lag. We seemed to have adjusted so well to everything African again. Then we got a brand new car! Wow! It is a silver Toyota Corolla. That was more than we ever expected. It even has automatic transmission, which is wonderful in the heavy Accra traffic. We visited the Adenta Stake Family History Center and had a meeting with their consultant, high councilor, director and assistant – a great get acquainted meeting. On the way home, we decided to take an old familiar shortcut through the university and past the golf course to the motorway. Well, we must have turned the wrong way on the motorway, and we got lost. By the time we started to find our way back, it was dark, and we were in the Tesano area which we knew well from our first mission here. We stopped at a busy intersection for a red light. The car behind us stopped also. The car behind them didn’t stop and plowed into the car behind us which pushed him into our rear end. Our brand new, week old car got creamed! Boo hoo! We were not hurt. The drivers of the other two cars were honorable, and we all drove to the Tesano police station, and we knew right where it was. The police don’t come to you here – you have to go to them. The police woman who took the accident report was so sympathetic – “Oh, it is a new car – so sorry!” After we filled out the accident report, she let us go.
Kofi Bolley is the employee at the Area Office who handles all vehicles. This was Saturday night, and we hated to have to call him. He told us to just drive home and wait till Monday and he would take care of things. Everyone has been so kind and understanding. We have been given a loaner car to drive until ours is fixed which could take a long time. The process may take a while – we have to get two estimates and then take them and another accident report back to the police station. Kofi is on top of the situation, and we’re not worried. Brother Bonsu was so worried about us and was surprised that we were calm and not too upset about it. It could have been so much worse. We are fine. We feel that we have been so blessed and protected.