Something to Blog About

People have been telling us all along that this mission was going to be exciting and the first day has certainly proved that to be true.

We started out from Sandy this morning driving to the MTC with Dave and Shirley.  It had been snowing for a couple of hours and the roads were a bit dicey.  There were a lot of cars on the road as we proceeded to the freeway and on to Provo. About Orem the snow increased a lot and was accumulating on the road.  As Dave moved from the outside lane to an inside one we hit a slush strip and started sliding sideways toward a double tanker truck in the next lane.  Dave did a great job keeping the car from completely spinning around, but we hit the tanker truck with the front bumper. We bounced off him and then got plowed into on the rear by another semitruck which hit us so hard we were knocked clear over to the left side of the freeway.  The car engine kept going and we drove over to the left median barrier and stopped the car.  Everyone in the car was okay with no injuries.  The tanker truck pulled over to the right side of the road and we called 911 to ask for assistance.  All this time cars and trucks and semi's were continuing to whiz by as if there was no danger driving that fast on snow filled roads.  I was relieved when an ambulance happened on the scene and pulled up behind us with his lights on.  After about a 1/2 hour wait a policeman showed up, traffic was stopped (all 4 lanes of traffic), and we pulled over to the right side of the road.  I then got out and took these pictures.
Dave told the police we were headed to the MTC so she called another cop car.  Dixie and I loaded ourselves into his car and he drove us to the MTC.  We were only 5 minutes late for our check-in time.  Shirley and Dave came a few minutes later in a tow truck with their car up on the bed of the truck.  We unloaded our suit cases, checked in and went to our room.

Next was lunch, some orientation classes with the MTC presidency (He ask us to stand up and tell our experience).  So now we're known by everyone in the group as the ones that came to the MTC in a police car.

It's been exciting so far... can't wait until tomorrow.

John