The government did not or could not issue the license plates for the Nissan van, so we are not permitted to use it. There are police checks all around and they could take it and/or issue a ticket. They had us coming or going. So Nicolas picked us up in the 20 year old Ford Van. We had a lot of work done on it the last time we were here, so Nicolas thought it would make it . Fortunately we made it to SAP before the brakes went out, but it also sounded like there was a lot more wrong with it. So Gary and I walked to a nearby restaurant with what we could carry while we got the van towed to a repair shop. Beto then drove the old pick- up in for us to drive out to the mission center. We all crowded into the un air-conditioned truck. HA! After we got about half way, we realized that we did not have all of our luggage. Fortunately we had the van towed to a Christian repair shop that knew us and they took the suitcase inside with them. Nicolas brought us to the mission center then turned right around to go back to SAP in time to get the luggage before the shop closed. That suitcase has all of Gary’s medications, our phone and computer cords, etc.
Thank God for Nicolas,