Oh-oh! Are you ever in trouble.....

Late one afternoon I went to the bank and took out some money. Most shopping is done with cash here. I came home and was about to go out on another errand when I couldn't find my wallet. A Ghana friend, Marjie, was here and we prayed. And searched. Finally she said that I better go and report it to the police.

So off I went to the police station. The policeman on dury carefully wrote down what the wallet looked like and what was in it. Credit cards, health cards, train cards, store cards...the usual. But when I informed him that my Alien Registration card and Japanese driver's license were also in there, he looked up from his writing as if to say, "Oh-oh, are you ever in trouble!" The red tape involved is the biggest hurdle.

We finished and I headed on home. When I walked in, Marjie asked me what my wallet looked like. Then she led me to a hallway and pointed to a shelf. "Is this it?" She queried?

It was and I remembered exactly what led me to put it down there! We rejoiced together at this answer to prayer and I hurried back to the police station. He hadn't yet had time to cancel my credit cards, so there was no problem. I'm sure he was happy at this outcome, too! I wasn't in deep trouble after all!