I went to an internet cafe after work one day last week. When I had finished and paid, I rummaged through my purse for my keys, but for some inexplicable reason, they weren't there! After half an hour of crawling around on the floor searching (with the help of the man running the front desk) and repeatedly dumping out the contents of my purse, I determined that they really had disappeared.
By this time, it was dark and I was late and I really had no idea what I was going to do. But, it just so happened that the friendly front desk man knew a think or two about motorcycles. "I know a way to make your motorcycle start without any key," he said to me. Seeing as I didn't have very many options, I told him to go ahead. And so I sat inside the shop and watched through the window as he carefully unscrewed the front piece with a screwdriver and hotwired my motorcycle! The turn signals didn't work, nor could I see the speedometre, etc. but the it got me safe to the MCC office, which was the important thing.
Anyways, I realized that night that I really have grown accustomed to life in Laos. Had the same situation happened a few months ago I probably would have been close to tears. Instead I stayed calm and patient and I could even see the humour in the situation at the time. Nonetheless, it was a relief when I finally did arrive home safely that night.
The next morning a man came from the key shop with a box full of keys, and he simply tried a few out until he found one that worked. No wonder so many bikes got stolen here!
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that sounds like quite the mishap. it is very unfortunate, but i must say it's awesome you handled it in that way. congratulations yessica
Hey Jessica,
I've read a bit here on your blogspot and it sounds like a good experience you're having in Laos. The story about the motorcycle is pretty funny. I didn't know you knew how to ride a motorcycle, but maybe I didn't see a story from earlier posts that talked about your learning experience with that. I talked to your Dad over Christmas break and he gave me this website. There are tons of our MYF at Grebel now and maybe it'll feel like high school once you get back there. Anyway, I thought I'd drop you a line and let you know I'll pray for your safety and continued growth with MCC Salt.
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