Journey to Malacca Part II: We are stronger than this

And so, after the accident, we stood as one and protected each other in every way that we could. No pointing of fingers, no complaints, no murmurings, no excuses. The first thing that 2nd car victims came down was to ask 3rd car victims if all were ok, and vice versa. God's peace was within us somehow to know that we are in good hands. We will pull through no matter what.

We did not withdraw our plans in the retreat. Why? Because we cannot give in to the wish of Satan who hope to see us disappointed. The fourth car who left later saw us, they were shocked, but ferried 3 of us quickly to the nearest KPJ Seremban Hospital for checkup. It cost us half-a-bomb, but for that amount of cash compared to our safety, it was nothing really.

As for the rest, they waited a long wait for the towing of cars to the police station. They made their report and by the time they finished, it was almost 5am when they arrived Malacca. Thank God for helpful and concern leaders and members such as Shirley, Anthony, Eng Kim and Jeffrey, who drove all the way down at about 11pm-12am to make sure we were okay.

As for the road-accident 'hunters' the one who cheated us RM600 to tow 2 cars for a short distance, they stayed all night long with us in the police station, trying to convinced us to let them fix the cars. When Shirley came, she 'interrogated' them. However, the more they explain themselves, the deeper they dig their own graves. God bless them.

As for us, we stayed and had fun in Malacca. No regrets for all. We had cendol, chicken rice, photo shootings, bubble-blowing, etc etc. Indeed our ever first retreat is a a life-transforming retreat.

A testimony: Still in smiles, hours after the accident.