The $10, 000+ Savior

Well about the miracle. So first night in Toronto, we ate dinner, then went to see the temple (which needed a lot of work and I really didn't think could be completed in just 5 days) all of the ladies piled into one woman's van and the guys got into a car. We started to drive home, the van was in front, then a car and then the guy's car. We stopped at a red light (as is normal) and the guy behind us (who was talking on the phone) smashed right into us, at a really high speed. The back window shattered, which was amazingly scary as I was sitting in the back seat of the van. I ducked my head down as the event unfolded. The car went through the light, and slid to a stop, the guy who crashed into us stopped his car and ran out, and then started to yell at the woman driving the van that she had stopped at a green light, which she had not. Well the police came and an ambulance, and the whole investigation took place, even though their was no blood or broken bones all six of us in the car went to the hospital to be checked out. All of us suffered minor injuries (back, head, and neck pain mostly).

Now going to the hospital was a bog thing in itself because I have a always had this big fear of hospitals, so the whole way there I was really nervous. We had to wait in the emergency room until 3:30 am just to see a doctor, we got there at 11:00. Finally when the doctor saw me all the pain had faded, and I just had a little chat with the doctor about Toronto. Here's the funny thing though, the hospital was OK! There were no pointy needles, and I didn't die, on the contrariety I had fun! I goofed off, played games on an cell phone laughed a lot, took pictures of my friends sleeping (other temple volunteers came with food, and kept us company through out the night)and used up all my quarters on the vending machine. It was really fun!

So miracle? Well we realized the next day that ....

OK there before we left the temple the temple head and the Canadian head discussed what to do with the large (I mean this is over 800 lbs) box of jewels and pooja supplies that was in the back of the van finally even though it took up the whole trunk they decided to leave it in the van.

We realized that that box had save our lives. It took the majority of the impact from the car that hit us. If the box had not been there the whole back of the car would squished inside, seriously maybe even fatally injuring me and the other girl in the backseat. Thankfully the wooden box was quite hard and the jewels where not damaged in any way. So thank you Swamiji!!