So once again we meet. Week 13 is coming to an end. Which means I have less then 20 days left. And i've been thinking about going home this past week. It's going to be exciting seeing my family and all my friends again. But it's definitely going to be hard leaving. There's a saying in YWAM, “It's not goodbye, it's 'see ya later'.” I hope, hope, hope that I get to return in the future.
Nothing really new has happened this week. Actually...no, I lied, something DID happen!! On Thursday we were headed to the mall, I needed to get a few things and my fix of American food, and Janet and Angela needed to get dental work done, and Art and Annabelle needed to get some stuff done for the wedding. Anywho, we were driving down the street, and we were driving through the an intersection. Now most of the intersections here don't have working street lights, they have police officers directing traffic. Well, this intersection happened to have a working street light, and had just changed red as we were driving through it. There was another police officer at the intersection with a motorcycle, well he chased us down, and pulled us over. I've been told a few times since i've been here that the police officers are very corrupt, and they take bribes to get people out of tickets or having to go to some sort of seminar thing. Anyway, I had no idea what, or how it all went down. When the police officer pulled us over, he asked for the license, and said that it was only valid for 90 days, but they, Angela and Janet, were told that it was valid for 6 months. The police officer then started to say that they would need to attend a seminar, but that won't work, because they leave the same day I do to return to the States. Even before the police officer can finish what he has to Angela asks, “how much?” on purpose to make him as uncomfortable as possible, because, obviously, it's highly illegal to take bribes. Flustered, the officer responds, “whatever you want.” Angela takes the money and sticks it out the window, again, on purpose, the officer bumps her hand back inside the car, takes out his police wallet thingy magigy, opened it and stuck it in the car for Angela to put the money in her self. After which, he let us go on our way once again. It was very very interesting needless to say. Once at the mall I had to go get my picture taken for an exit visa, which we are getting on Tuesday I believe. The purpose of the exit visa is for the government to make sure I'm not wanted for some sort of crime. Anyway, I did that, had my American food, got what I needed to, and then left to come home. I had to take a taxi home again, and if you remember back a few weeks, the last time I had to take a taxi home, I got the driver lost horribly. Luckly, I knew where I was going this time and got home no problem. I went to pay the driver, but he didn't have any change for me. So I started thinking, and realized that I had a bunch of change in my back pack. I didn't realize how much I had until I started counting it. It was enough to pay for the taxi, about P173. I felt bad for the driver, but it was all I had haha.
As for the kids...not a whole lot is new. Beginning last week, each of the high school students have some sort of party they have to go to. Last week was first year high school, this week is second week, and so and so on. The school is only about 15 minutes away or so, so I can hear the music, and from what it sounds like, it sounds like they are having a lot of fun there. But other then that, nothing is new. Life has gotten dull since the children have started school.
That's it for now. We shall meet again next week! Hope everyone is doing well!
With the wind,
Mark
No comments:
Post a Comment