A long, long time ago…In a galaxy far, far away. There lived a boy on Naboo. Lets call him, John. Now John decided that he wanted to move to
another planet. So he did. He moved to a planet where he didn’t know
many people but there was a married couple that he was friends with and they
let him stay with them for a little while.
The husband had a sand cruiser that he let John borrow when John had to
go into town. So John would take the
sand cruiser and go with the wife, we’ll call her Jen….I mean…umm….Jane, yea
Jane. John and Jane would go into town
to try to get John settled into an apartment and find a sand cruiser of his own
plus there was a lot of work to be done and they were able to do all of their
work in town. The second day that John
was on his new planet he locked the keys inside the sand cruiser. It wasn’t a big deal and they all had a good
laugh about it. Well exactly one week later while at the La Colonia
supermarket….I mean the El Mos Eisley supermarket, Jane got out to go inside to
buy groceries while John stayed out by the sand cruiser to watch the items in the
back. When John walked around for a
minute he decided to get back in the sand cruiser and realized that he had once
again locked the keys in the sand cruiser.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, was the only thought going through his
mind. A local of this planet that John
had moved to, who was in a wheelchair, came up and asked what the problem was
and John told him. The local went to
find a thin piece of metal to use to unlock the door and when he returned a
frantic struggle began to unlock the door so Jane would not find out. Unfortunately when Jane returned there was
John along with 2 local vendors who were selling rebel gear, a storm trooper,
and the guy in the wheelchair all trying to get into the sand cruiser. Jane said the same thing John had recently
thought but she said it out loud, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! It didn’t take long though, one of the rebel
vendors managed to get the door open and John and Jane were on their way
home. However, they had to stop for
space fuel on the way home. After
getting the fuel they were turning back onto the road and a storm trooper stop
was up ahead on the road. One of the
storm troopers motioned for them to pull over so John pulled the sand cruiser
over to the side of the road. When the
storm trooper asked John for his license, all John could do was give him this
little piece of paper explaining why his license had been confiscated earlier
in the day. You see, earlier in the day
John and Jane needed to get to Burger King…I mean Tatoine’s Finest Burgers,
which was on the opposite side of the road and there was a median. So John went to an intersection and did a U
turn. The only problem was that there
were two storm troopers that watched him do it.
They stopped him and asked for his license and explained why the U turn
was illegal at this intersection. Jane
said, “it isn’t illegal because there is no sign posted saying it’s illegal and
there has to be a sign posted saying you can’t do a U turn”. The storm trooper replied with, “well there
used to be a sign, I’m giving you a ticket”….. The Empire won this battle but
they didn’t find the droids…wait…what?.
So John got a ticket and had his license confiscated which is why he had
to show the storm trooper the little piece of paper the second time he was pulled
over that day. The second storm trooper
just looked at the paper and said ok and let them go.
Now just 2 days later on Friday, John and Jane were leaving
the Mos Eisley market where they were helping a friend shop. A storm trooper in his sand cruiser was
staring at them as they walked by so Jane said hello and the storm trooper
replied with, “Hello, is there anything I can help you with”. Now this shocked John and Jane because storm
troopers usually don’t say things like this or even speak in perfect
English!! So Jane said, “well you can
help me with a ticket I have”. The storm
trooper said, “yea I can help you, no problem.
My name is James Brown, here’s my phone number so you can call me and
I’ll take care of that ticket.” Jane and
John knew that this storm troopers name couldn’t be James Brown but Mr. James
Brown got his license out to prove that was his name. John and Jane went to the storm trooper post and
talked with James Brown for a little while.
James asked John how long he had lived here and John said less than 2
weeks so James gave him his phone number and email and even said we could come
visit his parents with him in Roatan when he goes. He said, “I don’t know if you have many
friends here, but now you have at least one, me”. So John and Jane are going to meet James
Monday morning at the storm trooper headquarters to see if James can pull a few
strings and get Johns license back. When
Jane told James that she was surprised when he replied to her the first time in
English James said, “When you see someone else that speaks English you have to
speak to them. It’s like the English is
calling out from within you and you have to do it. You just can’t not do it.” Well said James,
well said. So this battle isn’t
over. John hasn’t yet admitted defeat to
the Empire and paid his fine because now he might have a rebel storm trooper on
the inside.
John also found an apartment this week….I mean Tyler did…I
mean me, ME! I found an apartment this week!!!
It’s in a great location and it is the best apartment for the price that
we have looked at. You know you have
those moments when you see something and you just know it’s right. That’s how this place was, I just knew
immediately that it was the place. Next
week I’ll be signing a contract and after that I can move in! I still haven’t had much luck finding a sand
cruiser…I mean a truck. They are pretty
stinking pricey. They all say, “ Oh pick
me, pick me, PICK ME! But none of them have stood out and said in a James Earl
Jones’ voice, “I AM THE ONE, LOOK NO FURTHER”!
So I’m still looking.
Things at the Kitchen have gone great, working with the
ladies has been a lot of fun. For those
of you who have been wondering when the daycare building will be fixed, repairs
start Monday! I met a couple of times
this week with the guys who are doing the work and we are finally ready to
start. I think worst case scenario we
are looking at being back open by the beginning of next year! I’ve spent a lot of time with Evelyn trying
to learn how she handles all of the finances and everything else so that I’ll
be able to help her as much as I can from this point forward. A lot of problems we’ve had are beginning to
be fixed.
I do ask that you keep one of the ladies who work part-time
at the feeding center in your prayers.
Sonia lived in a house at the top of the mountain, way up high. I’m told it’s higher than any gringo has ever
ventured. I just learned today that she
had been renting a house made out of mud, almost solely out of mud. Her rent was 500 Lempiras a month, which is
like $30. Wednesday we had some heavy
rain and her house actually fell in on her and hurt her. She waited until Friday morning to go to the
doctor because she had been hurting but what they found was that she actually
had kidney stones. They did emergency
surgery on her Friday morning at hospital Escuela to fix that. Reyna has been at the hospital with her today
and as far as I know she is still doing ok but now she
doesn’t have a house anymore. She was
renting that mud house because that’s all she could afford since she currently
only fills in at the kitchen when another lady is out for a day. It’s not like we can just raise money to
build her a Torch house because she doesn’t own any land to build a house
on. Something will happen though. God will provide. Just keep her in your prayers because she is
definitely not having a good week.
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