Drunk Driver Rear-Ended Wife's Car

Drunk Driver Rear-Ended wife's Car

FLASH:

I just received a call this Sunday morning from Nancy's sister that last night a drunk driver struck her car. I expected that Nancy was going to her Kunsan city house with her sister today and stayed overnight with them. I have no idea of the severity of her condition, but checking my phone there were no calls made to me. I arrived home at midnight from an important meeting in Seoul, found a note about her trip to Kunsan.

All I could get from my Sister-in-Law was "okay, Nancy okay", and that a "drunk driver her back", "Neck brace", "Hospital name...pick up you". I am must wait for them to pick me up in a few minutes. Nancy was coming from Incheon city where her uncle lives. I think the hospital is somewhere in that direction.

I have a sense of peace, prepared for whatever. Update later, please keep us in your prayers. We never know what may befall us. I can only trust in God and leave it in His hands.

UpDate:

Sunday afternoon we arrived and found Nancy in the lobby waiting for us. She is NOT seriously injured but will have to see specialist Monday. Her x-rays show nothing wrong with spinal column but with neck whiplash you many times have pain several days later. Only emergency doctors checked her, and SUNDAYS the others are not on duty.

I will be there in the morning and perhaps transfer her to a better hospital for proper MRI or other specialists as this is just a small hospital. I cannot get this stubborn Korean woman (not all Korean woman ARE stubborn BUT my Nancy IS) to stop moving her neck around, so I tightened the brace. She complained, "I can't move my head!" "UH, DUUHH. THAT'S THE IDEA".

The Drunk ajosshi driver behind her approached the intersection and was WAY drunk and did not stop in time (tested by the police when they arrived). From the amount of damage to HER car I would estimate that he was slowing down but misjudged and hit her doing under 20 mph. Even that can be a big jolt and cause whiplash. But in the land of the morning calm, drunk drivers are able to frequently get away with vehicle murder and simply pay a fine. Nancy said the police officer's attitude about everything changed when she identified herself as a Lieutenant in the Ansan City police dept (She far outranks them, though men don't like it of course).

They were thinking of letting the drunk idiot drive on home!! With a "YAH Pabo YA" she let them know she wanted his butt held in the slammer, and that was an order. I asked if she had to show them ID and she said no, they could believe it because no Korean ajumma would speak the way she did. Frequently Korean men DO slap around, curse at, and totally disrespect Police officers who cannot respond or they will be accused of police brutality by the liberal elements who have gone a bit far. So drunk ajosshi was Chillin' like a villian overnight. She got his id information herself to make sure that he would be held. Don't mess with a Woman officer in THIS country. (They DO have a pair, like G.I. Jane. LOL)

Now some would say "Thank God, she's okay." I don't say so, because I have seen folks who "Thanked God EVEN when tragic things happened". THEIR faith in GOD is far superior to mine. It does remind me that anything can happen. As they say S#@t happens but nothing happens without GOD knowing it. We live in a world where it is NOT perfect, yet. There are evil people and good people, death is all around us, when one has seen some of that the reality of death becomes real. Somewhere in JOB, you know the guy who had everything, Devil said to GOD if he loses it all he will curse GOD. GOD allowed things to happen to Job and though he questioned WHY and heard from his 'friends' all the reasons that Job must have done something to upset GOD. The theme is basically that of Soloman's book called Ecclesiastes or Book of Wisdom,

Ecc 9:1 I thought about these things. Then I understood that God has power over everyone, even those of us who are wise and live right. Anything can happen to any of us, and so we never know if life will be good or bad.

Ecc 9:2 But exactly the same thing will finally happen to all of us, whether we live right and respect God or sin and don't respect God. Yes, the same thing will happen if we offer sacrifices to God or if we don't, if we keep our promises or break them.

Job said in Job 13:15 "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him".

Now that is faith that amazes me. I don't dare ask for it, one might be given the chance. My faith is simple, and I pray that he keeps me from failing. Some say to me, "OH, you use some bad words on your blog!!!"

WELL, excuse me. I don't answer to your image of a Christian. It is only the Spirit of God living in me that restrains me from slapping some people silly. People who think Christians don't get angry or shouldn't do this or shouldn't do that are full of it! We are all so quick to judge how each and give some kind of PASS or FAIL on them. SOME PEOPLE just don't get it. If I were not restrained by GOD, I would have come down on them like a raging banshee from the pit.