We're 3 for 3!!!!!

AHHHHH...the good old days.......Me and my Mini. I think I'm dreaming.....my Mini and me when Grace and I took our 25th anniversary roadtrip to Northern CA.NOW.....we get to drive these really cool Toyota's around. The problem.......Grace and I have been having hard luck on the cars that we can rent here at TASOK lately.....we are 3 for 3 in breakdowns the last 3 times we have taken one of the Toyota Corolla's out on the streets in Congo. As you can see, they rent us cars that are 30 years old....barely running, always breaking down, and really hurting machines. The first car overheated and we had to leave it on the side of the road and a fellow teacher kindly picked us up.

This picture is of our 2nd car......it communicates what happened...our tire slowly lost air and went flat. We stopped, looked inside of the trunk and saw........NO SPARE!!!! SO......we rolled home to TASOK on the rim of the tire for about a mile......we would never do this in the States and definitely not encourage anyone to try it but......

By the way...look at the lugs...missing one!!! No biggie!!!

The car we drove this morning to church (they are all white late 70's Toyota Corolla's....which must have been an awfully good year!!) OVERHEATED and was burning as we parked it in front of 2 of our administrators at TASOK. I vented that we were 3 for 3 and needed a little more reassurance that if we go out into the city, we need to feel more sure in the mechanical condition of the cars we rent. Pray for us and our car situation here.....we really do desire something that is dependable and more secure.......