Saturday, July 7, 2012

narrow escape.

Today I have a much shorter story to tell than my last one.

We had a lazy, rainy Saturday morning today, and we were able to sleep in for the first time since we've been here. After my roommates and I went down and got coffee at the bar, they went on ahead upstairs and I stayed to read for a little while.

When I was ready to go up, I walked to the elevator and saw that there was a man pushing the button repeatedly, and the elevator didn't seem to be coming down. The doors finally slid open, but I had the sudden feeling that I should take the stairs instead.

I was on the second floor when I heard the siren. A maid was standing at the top of the stairs, and she ran to the elevator and started pushing the button, but nothing happened. I was frozen on the top step, just watching. When the siren stopped, I could hear the man inside the elevator, faintly calling and banging on the door. All I could think was, "That was almost me."

The rest of the day was nice and calm, after that. We had a free day, so some of us spent it watching Aladdin upstairs, playing guitar on the fourth floor, and going on an adventure to Megananya, during which we couldn't get a taxi so we had to walk there and back. And all we did when we got there was get pizza, so it was kind of pointless. But I bought a sweater, so I'm happy.

4 comments:

  1. Thank you Jesus. He just keeps showing you that He is right there with you - His palpable presence, just as we prayed.

    love you,
    Mom

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  2. Wow Lauren, that's super scary! I'm praying God will protect you! :D have a safe,rest of your trip, and we will miss you at VBS!

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  3. Gracious. I am so glad you are safe. Katie and I were thinking about how we missed you a lot.

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  4. Lauren, I'm so glad you're okay! Thank goodness! I miss you terribly and i watermelon you muchly!

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