Tai labai įdomi ir "paliečianti mane" istorija su kvaila pabaiga. O kvaila ji todėl, kad labai žmogiška ir natūrali. :) It's a very interesting story. What happened truly touched me, but the ending was really silly. Silly because it is very human and natural for us. :)
Taigi, šeštadienį išvykome į Vokietiją, o sekmadienį aš turėjau vesti pamokslą. Važiavau tik su ta sąlyga, kad sekmadienio rytą užtikrintai būsiu Enschede.
Early in Saturday morning we left for Germany.
My friend knew that I must lead the service on Sunday, so he assured me that I'll come back to Enschede on time, he arranged the car and everything was well planned :)
I always feel honoured and joyful to lead the service. I was looking forward to it!
Therefore, I didn't switch places with anyone.
Bet netikėti ir neplanuoti dalykai nutiko.
Mergina, kuri mus vežė su savo mašina, ėmė karščiuoti ir pasijuto tokia pavargusi, kad nebegalėjo naktį važiuoti 5-6 valandas, kiek truktų mūsų kelionė atgal.
But unexpected things happened. The girl who drove the car and with whom we went to Braunschweig, got fever. She started feeling really bad when we reached Hannover, she didn't want any breakdance competition anymore, just wanted to sleep and rest as she felt terribly tired. We still reached Braunschweig with her. But she was definitely not in a condition to stay for 5 hour festival and be driving 6 hours home at night!!!!!
We tried to help her in every way we could, but we couldn't find any drugstore and the medical assistants didn't give her any pill to break fever. So we didn't know what to do. She didn't feel like staying at all, but she felt bad to leave me because she knew I had to be in Enschede in the morning. And we couldn't make it on time by train!!!!!!! This was the first moment I was touched that a person I hardly know is so caring not to let me down!!!
We also knew that Leimeng's friend came here by car, so Leimeng saw this as a second possibility for getting to Enschede. But when we met this guy, he didn't seem to like the idea of switching places with me and there were no spare seats... However, I felt really bad that this Chinese girl is in such a condition and she couldn't drive for sure, so I asked her to go to her friend in Germany and just sleep over. She went.
I had this voice in my head that there must be another way. That God knows that I must be in Enschede before the start of the service. I knew that He is much more majestic than I could ever imagine with my human limitations. So a name of my groupmate came into my mind, the idea that I must find Dennis. But easier said than done in a crowd of thousands.
In the end when almost everyone left, with already a bit of panic we found his friend and my groupmate: they were in the same company. Leimeng's friend didn't agree to switch places with me and there were no spare seats in those two cars of UT breakdancers :)
There was no other car I could join and with the first train I'm in Enschede in the middle of the service. So what could I do? We found out that those cars are rented, so of course, no one would like to switch their comfortable place into going tomorrow by train!!!!! You could say, I lost my hope.
Though at this moment I was speaking with Dennis, my groupmate, I would never dear to ask him such a favour. I mean, we are not friends and we didn't communicate that much. But Leimeng did that. That was the second moment I was touched how friends can take care of me!!!!!!
And the strangest thing was that Dennis agreed. The only thing he said was "if it's that important for you". He is not a Christian and he is not my friend, so he chose to spend a night in hotel together with Leimeng and travel to Enschede tomorrow by train, pay extra money for all that!!!! This was the third moment I was so touched I nearly cried. Maybe there was a drop or two, but I am not the one to show my emotions in public, so... I felt so grateful to all of them!!!
So, I thanked God and was again amazed by HIS WAY. We reached Enschede safely and on time. I was home at 7 a.m. So I put my alarm clock at 9.00 and went to bed. AND THIS IS THE SILLY PART OF THE STORY: God has delivered His promise, He took care that I am in Enschede on time, but I didn't hear the alarm clock. I must have been really exhausted as I couldn't sleep in the car and I had really intensive week & weekend.
So, when I opened my eyes I intuitively felt that something is wrong. I checked my clock and it was 11.14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I paniced, but there was nothing i could do at this moment. I quickly sent an sms to Kim if she could lead the service if they are still waiting for me. I couldn't imagine how it goes without a leader, but luckily God has taken care of it and our sister did it for me.
She called me later and though I felt so guilty, she didn't blame me, just asked if everything was alright. And this is really godly. To love and forgive. This is how I understand a Christian family should be. It is like God, who forgives innumerable times and is our source of forgiveness...
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