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26Sep08

Praise The LORD! After losing my bike key - I had been going round to various places to ask if a lost key had been turned it. I had been looking at the paths that I took for classes. All without avail. However, all the time I was committing the matter into ABBA's hand and praising Him.

After class in the morning, we had a 2hr break before an arranged lunch. A group of us, including Maria, a Dutch national, met in one of our residences. We were talking about studies and schedules, when I asked Maria to ask her husband how would a local solve the problem of losing one's lost bicycle key. She said she needs to take a look at it in order to describe it to her husband.

As I was walking her to my flat to show her my bike - we passed by a van with 2 workers who were fixing some electrical equipment in the flats. Maria suggested we ask the guys to help. She spoke Dutch with them and coaxed them to render some help - And praise GOD, they obliged and managed to break off the lock! Without damaging any other parts of the bike! Hallelujah! It took 20mins as the bike was made in Netherlands and the quality of locks is of excellent quality.

ABBA was orchestrating the whole encounter to help me solve the problem! And just when I wasn't anxious about it, His serendipitious grace put all the pieces together! (I had enquired) - engaging a locksmith to come and release my bike will cost me nothing less than E$120! (more than the bike itself) (The shoe-key man said I might as well leave the bike there and buy a new one). Nevertheless - my ABBA had a much better solution - praise Him!

Our lecturer arranged for a lunch cum visit to a restaurant Huis van de Wereld - House of the World - where they employ former refugees, and work with other agencies to highlight world issues - such as, deforestation, green energy, wars, natural disasters, etc. - that may be reasons why people abandon their homeland to seek refuge in other countries. The green tea'bag' that I was served with is very innovative: tea leaves in a foil stick with holes. The stick also serves as a stirrer.