The Lost Keys!

Friday, Sept. 10, 2010

Paul and I purchased an Ipad this evening. I am hoping that I will be able to blog when we are in Germany. We loaded a WordPress app and an app a for editing photos. I can see already that it will take a little time to get comfortable with everything.
Although now after three sentences I am already able to type fairly proficiently and I am sure it will get easier as I go.
We leave for Germany on September 20. I am certainly not, not, not ready for it. Somehow two years ago, it seemed so far away and then the time has just slipped by quickly.

I have actually begun to think about what I will need. The biggest frustration at the moment is that I, yes, it’s true, I have lost the key to our safe deposit box. The safe deposit box that contains our passports. So it is rather a big deal.

I felt bad when I learned that it might cost $50 to hire a locksmith to open it. Wrong!!! It would be $250.00!!! Now I feel even worse, if that’s possible.
Ironically, the Gospel lesson this week is about the woman who lost a coin and the lost sheep. Maybe there is something I am supposed to learn from all of this. When I learn it, I will let you know.

Sept. 14, 2010 Tuesday
I am like the woman who found her lost coin, for we have found the keys. Yes, we actually had two keys to the safe deposit box. A friend told me that when we were hunting for the keys.
“Didn’t you get two keys for your safe deposit box? Ours always comes with two.”
Well, what a relief! There were two keys. So I asked Paul where the other key was. He told me that they were both in the same package. So at least I know where one of the keys is: it’s with the other key that I can’t find!
I suppose you might be wondering where the keys were. I had remembered putting them in my purse, which I had searched that several times emptying it completely- all to no avail.

Paul remembered that I had changed purses earlier in the summer, and sure enough, there it was-tucked in a safe zippered pocket wondering why it had been left there so long.
So I do feel like celebrating. Thank you Lord! This was the answer to many prayers!
I have 5 days left in the getting ready process. Besides packing, one of my tasks is to be able to blog from my iPad. Everything is an adventure.

So what did I learn? We no longer have both keys in the same place, for one thing. Another thing: God does answer prayer. What peace is in that knowledge that God does hear us and care for us!

Follow the rest of the trip using this link to the Germany trip blog.

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