Angels and Airbags

 Angels & Airbags.

Sunday, October 2

After a really great day of listening to General Conference and hearing our living prophet testify of Jesus Christ and His love and peace, my friend Barb Salmon picked me up to go to our stake (church) choir practice for a Joseph Smith fireside we are preparing for.

The last song of the practice was “The Spirit of God” and as we sang the line, “We’ll sing and we'lll shout with the armies of heaven, hosanna hosanna to God and the Lamb” I had the distinct thought that Linda Burwell, a member of our stake who was the Cardston Elementary choir Director who passed away from a brain tumour a couple years ago, could be in heaven preparing a heavenly choir to sing the same song with us when we have the fireside.

Then as Barb and I headed home, we were involved in a bad car accident when an oncoming car lost control and skidded into our lane and we collided.

As the car came to a stop and the airbags deflated, my first thought was - we are alive. If you saw Barb‘s car, you’d know that it was a miracle that we were alive and were only saved by angels, possibly the same angels who were singing with us in the choir.

As we waited for earthly angels to come and rescue us, I did have the thought that we came very close to being in Linda Burwell‘s choir. Although I do want to sing with her again someday, I’m thankful to still be singing in Patti Bielert’s choir this time.

We are also so sad for the other driver who did not survive and know that angels were also there for him. We are Praying for his family.

The next set of angels were those who were the first to arrive on the scene, also a tender mercy as they included two different nurses, a retired volunteer firefighter, several friends from Mountain View who were headed to Cardston for a different choir practice, and a good friend who had just been at choir practice with us.

Then came the emergency responders who came to take us to the hospital and take care of the crash site.

We are also thankful for our community of angels who have texted, visited, brought food and especially prayed for us.

“Let glory to them (God & the Lamb) in the highest be given, Henceforth and forever, amen and amen”