This past Sunday night I was attending a service at Common Ground church with my friend Sue. After the service was finished I was surprised to find many missed calls on my phone. I quickly rang my flat mate Caroline and learned that our home had been burgled earlier that afternoon! She was a bit upset and said she didn’t know what of my things had been taken. I firstly asked about my laptop and she said it was gone! No one likes to be robbed and that feeling of being violated…but Jesus filled me with such peace. Yes I was bummed at the thought of loosing my laptop…but in the big picture it is just a material object. We were safe! I guess the thief broke in at around 2pm, and Caroline and I were both out at lunches…they had hoped over our fence and got in through our sliding glass door which they took off the hinges! We have an alarm, but the thief knew he had minutes before the security guards arrived…so he quickly ran up stairs and took whatever he could find. As I drove home…I began to pray…Jesus I don’t mind loosing objects…but I pray that they didn’t see my passport…oh that would be messy to replace…and I pray that they didn’t find my external hard drive…that precious box of memory that houses all my photos. As many of you know…taking pictures is a very special pastime of mine…and so sentimental!
On arriving to our house I was met by our dear friends Abby and Mike Fehersen. They came upstairs with me as I went into my room to see what was gone. When I realized that my ipod and docking station were gone I immediately started to laugh. I looked at Caroline and said…I hope the person who took my ipod really enjoys the Legally Blond Broadway Cast Recording! As many of you know I have a great love for musicals…and worship music…and little did the thief know what he was getting! My dresser drawers were open, but they were just filled with clothes. Then I went over to my wardrobe…one of the drawers was slightly open and as I peeked in, there was my passport…sitting right there…also this drawer contained a wallet with credit cards and some cash that weren’t found…thank you Lord! In the drawer below was my external hard drive and also a bag of cell phones…literally a bag…my US mobile, my old UK mobile, my new UK mobile and 2 old SA mobiles (!)…oh brother, what a jackpot of phones that was missed. But the greatest blessing was that as I opened my wardrobe there was my laptop!!! I had hidden it in there, but assumed it would have been found. Weeks before my other roommate Rene had advised me to keep my computer out of site, in case a situation like this would ever arise…I was thankful for that wisdom! So in the end I lost my ipod and docking alarm clock…but can easily survive without them!!! (Am also thankful that my music is backed up on my computer). They other thing that went missing was Rene’s laptop…but the funny thing is that it was broken and she is awaiting a new one from the insurance company this week.
The friends here hate me saying this…but there is such truth to it, that now I am a real Captonian! Yes crime is rampant here…but so is Jesus’ sovereignty and peace! I have not been sad with the lost of a few objects…as I am so grateful at what their eyes were blind to! Caroline and I prayed that night and felt safe in our home. We have new locks on the sliding glass door and heightened security around us…so, thank you for your continued prayers of safety.
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