What a Week!

It has been quite an eventful week here! Nathan left on Sunday for a work trip for the week, which is normally no big deal. But then on Monday, I was dropping the boys off at school, parked right in front of their school and inside for 5 minutes, and when I got back to my car the left passenger window was shattered and my purse was gone...along with my credit and ATM cards, US license and other typical cards, Jordanian documents, and some money. Thankfully my phone was in my pocket and passport was at home. The school was helpful, the Embassy investigators came right away to help, and a sweet friend from work who speaks Arabic came to help translate and for moral support.  I spent the day with the local investigators and other local authorities, and at the police station to get the report, which was an experience in itself. People were so helpful throughout the day, and that evening one of the investigators was so kind and he took my car on his personal time to get the window replaced.  Then the next day, I got a yuck respiratory sickness and was out of work for the next two days. I was pretty tired and stressed out with everything going on, but I knew I was so blessed with people praying for me, checking in, and offering assistance. And Tes definitely got the gold star award!

I was feeling better on Friday and a friend watched the boys for a few hours, so I could go into work and get a little caught up. They have a 3 year and 8 month year old daughters, and the boys like to play with them. They had a fun morning of donuts, pizza, and lots of playing! That afternoon, the boys and I enjoyed time together and did a few things around town.

One more night till Nathan comes home, everyone was excited...we all slept well until 6:45 am this morning...when there was a fire in our building! Thankfully everyone got out of the building safely and nobody was injured. We were all sound asleep,  when I thought I was dreaming about hearing people outside and running upstairs, then our doorbell began ringing a lot. I grabbed the baseball bat, not knowing what was going on, and as soon as I opened the door, I smelled the smoke. I woke Tes and the boys and we all got outside, it was scary for all of us and definitely caught us off guard. The fire department, police, and Embassy came, and thankfully the fire was contained to the neighbor's balcony only, and appears to have been caused by a propane tank. It was a good opportunity meet more neighbors who are all local except one other family, and to give the boys a fire safety lesson. I think they mostly enjoyed watching the firemen and a real fire truck. We visited with the  neighbor this afternoon, and they are doing well but shook up. The glass doors and windows leading to their balcony was shattered and black from the smoke, and the whole balcony was charred. The upstairs neighbor had a lot of smoke damage to their balcony as well. Fortunately, they had the heavy duty shutters down, which stopped the fire from spreading so fast. 

It has been a crazy week here, and whoo hoo Nathan's plane has landed and he is on his way home as I write! More than anything, I am thankful for God's peace and love that helped me get through this stormy week.

Peace I leave you; my peace I give you. I don not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27.