The Sunday Edition 1 - Deer - 0

After a great weekend in Farmington, MO at the MAGMA Convention of singing and fellowshipping with other artists, we headed down the road to spend the night in Cape Girardeau, MO, because we had a date with the "Throwed Roll" Restaurant - Lamberts, in Sikeston, MO. Chugging on down the road about 2 AM, doing about 70 miles an hour, all of a sudden, to my left, in my periperhal vision I saw this very large deer running directly for the side of my van. He came right out of the shadows and all I could do was brace for the crash. This big buck lowered his head and I guess he thought that he could bull us right over. Unfortunately, for him, the van I was driving was much larger and tougher than he was. As I gripped the steering wheel, knowing that a crash was about to happen, there was a huge thud sound all the way down the side of my van. God was with us, because had he been one foot further in front of us, we would have hit him broadside and the damage and possible injuries would have been much greater. After a little shouting from the collision, we did a little shouting thanking God for keeping us safe. Sadly for the deer, he did not come out as good as my van. The State Trooper who came out to make a report for my insurance company said that he saw the deer on the side of the road and it looked like it was dead, but he was going to go back to make sure, and if not, put him out of his misery. Lest you think that the deer wasn't one tough animal, the side of my van is completely dented with 3 to 6 inch dents all the way from front to back. I could barely get my drivers side door open enough to get out and the side sliding door won't even open at all.

I go Tuesday, at 10:30 Am for an adjuster to give me an estimate for repairing it, so I'll give you an update after that. I'm just praying for God's favor in this whole ordeal.