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It's a Miracle!

I'm thankful to report that with the help of the Lord, many of your prayers, and my good instructor hubby, I passed my Japanese driver's test! We were quite a diverse group that nervously waited at the driver's license facility. I--nosy as usual--was trying to look at their passports to see where they were all from. We were all pretty reserved until after the jolly test-giver sat us all down and said a bunch of things in Japanese to us (all I got out of it was "over da line" and "wakadanai--I think that's how you spell 'I don't understand'). Once he took the first two people out to get in the car, we looked at eachother and started talking--this stressful experience had bonded us together! Several of the people were there for the 4th time to take this test--that was not so encouraging! One girl had a page of notes from driving school and she had some new things to watch out for--how to hold your hands on the steering wheel a different way--oh great! It was neat to see how the girl from Peru could speak Spanish to the Mexican lady who was married to the Japanese foreign diplomat! There was also another American, an African American, and a Chinese guy there. 3 out of the 9 of us passed! I need the help of one of the girls to interpret for me to tell me I passed! I watched the girl in front of me and knew she failed because she went over the stop line, but was encouraged that I thought I could do the course! I was feeling pretty good and pulled to a stop at the end of the test. I got out of the car (making the required 2 safety checks first) and went around to get my result from the instructor. "Carrie-san, San-ban..........................." I couldn't understand what he was saying! I couldn't think of anything that I did wrong! I thought he was explaining why I failed and so my emotions went down, down, down! Then I asked the American girl who knew pretty good Japanese to interpret for me. She said I didn't look right again before I turned, but then she said something else to the instructor and turned to me and said I passed! I jumped up and down and clapped my hands--nearly kissed the instructor! He told me to be careful and go up to the third floor! What relief as I sprinted up the stairs to tell my honey!
Anyway, thanks again for your prayers! The tester was very nice and spoke very slowly for me and even tried to speak a little English , I had someone there to interpret my result, and most importantly, I passed and my honey doesn't have to take any more days off work to help me with this! Hallelujah! God is good!

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