Jordan Drivers' License

We went to Amman to get a Jordan drivers' license yesterday.  Here's what we did:

Got up at 5:30 a.m. and drove to Amman.

Picked up Hammonds and our lawyer Raad at the Amman Center at 8 a.m. and went to the motor vehicles department of licensing (30 minute drive)

We handed in a bunch of documents

 Were told to go to another building

Then sent to the Department of the Interior (30 minute drive away)

We filled out paperwork and were informed the licenses would cost $250 each, so we decided that the Sisters didn't need a license and wouldn't drive

Then we got the paperwork stamped and headed back to the Department of Licensing

where we finished up the paperwork, the guys took an eye test, borrowed money from Raad and paid the fee.

 Five and a half hours later -- Elders Hammond and Tolley received their Jordan drivers licenses good for 10 years!!!

THEN . . .

We noticed our tire was flat.  Raad called for help (he knows everybody) and immediately someone came to help us.

We made friends with the guys in the tire shop and cooled off with Slurpees while we waited for the tire to be fixed.

We didn't even get out of Amman before the tire went flat again.  Once more, we "just happened" to be in the right place and were able to immediately get some help--FROM SOMEONE WHO SPOKE ENGLISH!! from Calgary, Canada of all places.

We made friends with the guys at the repair shop
AND
DROVE HOME!!

Mission accomplished!!!

We are so grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord today.  When we needed help, it was there.  The people we met were generous and kind and were in the right place at the right time. What a wonderful thing it is to know that everything that happens has a reason.  We don't always know what the reason is, but we're glad to be a small part of it.  Today we felt Him "walking beside us."  It was a good thing.