Monday, April 8, 2013

The Time I Lost My Passport

Don't panic though! I have it now. I just thought you would like to hear about this story. It's a good one.

It's of my journey to France and I am copying it out of my journal:
I sat by the window beside a 23 year old named Nick who speaks French, English, and Flemish. He's a total entrepreneur. I got through customs in Belgium quickly, found my place where I was supposed to wait for the flight to Toulouse, and sat down feeling pretty good with myself. Everything was going as planned and I didn't even have a mental breakdown :)
I sat in a chair and decided to look through my bag and just make sure I had everything. I open it up and rummage through it...and rummage through it some more. WHERE WAS MY PASSPORT?!?!?!? NO FREAKING JOKE. WHERE WAS MY PASSPORT. PLEASE TELL ME I DIDN'T LOSE IT. And not only my passport, but all my money. And my boarding pass.
The only thing I said was, "God. God. Please God. No." Then along came a disgusting feeling in the pit of my stomach. I HAD LOST MY PASSPORT. EVERYTHING. GONE. WHERE WAS IT?
I was having a heart attack. So I jumped up and ran to this old couple sitting near me. "Do you speak English? Can you please watch my stuff?" And before they could barely reply I just dropped my knapsack (with my laptop) beside them and ran like a bat out of hell. I ran to the bathroom which was like 5 minutes away. I had no other idea where it would've been.
I got there and there was a sign saying, "FERMEZ." The bathrooms were closed. But I didn't care. Nope. I just barged in and went to the stall. Nothing was there. Zip. The cleaning lady was staring at me. And then I went to the counter. Nothing. OH FLIP. I HAD NO IDEA WHERE ELSE IT WOULD BE IF IT WASN'T IN THE BATHROOM! In a completely insane and panicked voice I asked the lady, "Have you seen anything. Black. Anything. I lost...."
And...and...and...she pointed to my folder. My life-line. Everything was in it. It was amazing. PRAISE THE LORD. WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE MY EMOTIONS. I literally just went up to the lady and gave her a huge hug. I didn't care.
Can you imagine what would've happened if I had lost it? I don't even know where to begin! The insanity and craziness of it all. oh my word. it would happen to me.
I returned to the old couple and they were quite relieved for me. He told me that he had almost lost his passport once in China. That would've been horrible.
But yes. Clearly I made it to France. And God really watched over me.

I hope I got a smile out of you and you have a wonderful day. xox

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