Help Emily pay for a New Vehicle

Hey friends and family. Cars do not seem to have found their stride with me... This Friday, on my way to move into my new house, I got in another car accident.

The story is this, I was driving on the interstate to drop one last load off at my place. I was on the far left lane of a five lane highway. I noticed to the front right of me in the lane next there was a semi truck having a lot of dust and smoke and such spit up from his wheels, looking a little out of control and I became more wary. Then two/three cars in front of me began to slow down and so I did likewise. All other traffic was still in motion. The semi truck continued ahead and the cars in front of me stopped breaking. All of a sudden the green pickup in front of me slammed on his breaks and I in response did likewise, but his car was better. Even with the gap of 2-3 cars in between us my car rear ended his. No other cars had stopped like he did. There was no reason for it.

Immediately I stepped out to check on him. His pickup had a minor dent in the back, but it was clear my engine had been ravaged. I asked him, “what happened??” He responded that the guy in front of him slowed down again and he was just like (and I quote),”fuck this, I’m going to stop completely.” And went from 50 to 0 miles in an instant. In the far left lane of a moving highway. I slammed on my brakes as soon as I saw him slow down but my car couldn’t slow down as fast as his.

He said to me, “I didn’t even know you were behind me.” Because I hit him though, I am considered at fault. Despite his negligence and me driving safely and stopping as swiftly as I could.

Once again I am humbled to my knees. Please pray. Pray for me to forgive this man, for grace and no self condemnation, for those immediately around me whose support I have had to so strongly lean upon. Please pray for my trust in God’s provision. This is especially challenging as I began rent for a new home, which counting all the little needs that pop up in moving... it can be hard.

I am creating a GoFundMe under the pressure of some good friends who encouraged me to let people know. If you feel led to help, I would deeply appreciate it.