Today my little K car broke down. I was actually in the middle of a tight road between Higashi Kurume and Kioyse, on my way home from my morning class. Looking back, it's comical, but at the moment it had me truly shaken. I was blocking the road, in the middle of a hill. I didn't have my cell phone, it was raining, and the Japanese that I can speak certainly doesn't include enough vocabulary to explain that my car battery had died.
When I parked at Chuo this morning, I could not turn it back on. So, after class, Kim Sensei, Fumiko-san, and a lady from the community helped me jump the battery. I figured I would be safe to drive home, but about 20 minutes into the drive, my windshield wipers began to slow. And then my music stopped playing. And my turn signal wouldn't work. One-by-one, things were dying in my car. I tried to put my window down to use hand signals that I was turning, but the window would barely go down. And then it happened--I was stopped at a light, heading uphill, and I felt my car shut down. And then I heard the horns. Praise the Lord for the E-brake!
And for the nice gentleman who, with the help of much sign language, inspected my car and allowed me to use his cell phone to get ahold of Steve. Thank the Lord for the gentleman who pulled off the road and helped me push my car as close to the wall as we could, as far out of the way as was possible. And thank the Lord that Steve was available and willing drive out to get me!
It was quite an interesting afternoon, that's for certain!
And it leads me to wonder if it's really the car that's the lemon, or if it's me! Haha :)
Did you make Tokyo Traffax? :) I made it once when my car broke down on 15! So thankful you are safe and God provided the right help at the right time!
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