Never a Dull Moment

Last night (Friday), as we were settling in for the evening to watch a movie (a great classic called "Shoot Em Up") ;) some of the kids came running up to our apartment saying that a little Asian boy just got hit by a car and is bleeding pretty bad. Patty and I went out there and and a little maybe 4 year old Vietnamese boy had run out between 2 parked cars and was hit by a car driving by. He was not seriously hurt (bloody nose and bruises as far as we know) but his uncle and another man were keeping him still until the fire department and paramedics arrived. Patty recognized the driver of the car as one of the guys in our college group at church. He seemed calm to me but after talking to him I could tell he was pretty shook up.

After seeing the video on TV the previous night where a pedestrian was hit and the car did not stop, nor did anyone stop to help the pedestrian, nor did anyone call 911, it made me feel better about mankind when I saw that the driver stopped, 2 men were helping the boy, 911 was called almost instantly, and lots of other neighbors came out to see and help if necessary. I was very proud to be apart of this neighborhood.

I had the chance to pray with 3 boys for the kid, his family, and the driver of the car. (That was really cool) I talked and tried to comfort the driver. Patty talked with him also and she also talked to and comforted the mom. The boys and the mom have all been to the Center and are known in the neighborhood.

The driver said to me that he hopes that this accident can become a tool. A tool to be used to tell the kids about running out into the street and be careful and look both ways. I told him it would be but also they would learn about helping others in time of need. Hopefully they'd also learn that prayer is needed in these types of situations. Too often we hang around to see the blood of a victim but forget to seek intervention to help the victim.

UPDATE

The little boy (Alex) who was hit by the car showed up at Bible Club this morning with his brother and mom. He was OK except he had a fat lip and his face was scraped up. He was bouncing all over the place. I found out that he came to Bible Club for the first time last week. He came over for breakfast and was hanging around and the leaders invited him to come in. He came back today with his brother and his mom also came by. Mimi was able to talk to both the boys and the mom in Vietnamese which was cool even though they speak fairly good English. The mom said things like she was thankful for the people here (adults) that can help her with her boys. A problem she has is they both like to hit people, for no reason at all. They do not obey her and hopefully we can help teach them about obeying their mom and making good choices. God is using different people in different ways to reach out to this family. Hopefully this family will be more a part of the Center and we can introduce Jesus to them.

Cool.