Last week while traveling home on the highway, Caleb had to brake quickly to avoid hitting a Kangaroo. Tamara and Jessica were also in the vehicle. Caleb did a fantastic job at stopping and managed to barely hit the kangaroo, which jumped up and hopped away. While still in the vehicle and at a complete stop, they were then hit from behind by a large 4×4 ute (‘pickup truck’ for North Americans), travelling at 90 km/h.
The ute hit with so much force that it crushed in the back of our car and propelled Tamara, Caleb, and Jessica about 75 metres down the road. The damage to our one and only car was significant, and it has been assessed as a write off. Tamara, Caleb, and Jessica were pretty banged up with all three having whiplash, and Tamara having significantly increased head and neck pain with some accompanying post-concussion symptoms. An impact at 90 km/h can cause a lot of injury, so although all three of them are needing follow up medical and physiotherapy appointments, we feel blessed that it wasn’t worse.
We have received a payout for our car, but now only have another week to find a replacement. Unfortunately, the payout for our car is less than half of what we need to replace it when looking for a car of comparable size and specs. Prices for used cars have gone up A LOT in the last few years with Covid and supply issues around the world. We are a one car family and need something that is reliable, large enough to fit all five of us in and is safe. Finding one is proving to be a challenge …
Everyone in Youth With A Mission, from the newest student to the International Founders, are all full-time volunteers and are responsible for raising their own support and finance to do the ministry that God has called them to. We are supported by churches, family, and friends like you who want to partner with us in this ministry. It has been a long time since we have made a major financial appeal, but the urgency of this need has prompted us to reach out and ask for your financial support.
With the payout for our old car along with some of our savings, we are needing to raise another $11,000 for a replacement car. This car would be about 4-years old, have under 100,000km, and be large enough to fit us all in the vehicle for short or medium length drives.
If you would like to donate towards our new vehicle please check out our donation page, or contact me to ask me any questions, and find out how you can help.
Thank you for your prayers and consideration.