Today was an interesting day. We got up early at 5:30 a.m. We got ready and went to get in the car and the alarm went off when Larry tried to open the door. This has been happening a lot lately and usually if we reopen the door with the key it will turn the alarm off. Today that did not work. Larry tried everything he knew and finally disconnected the battery as a final resort. Usually that will reset everything and we can unlock the door and start the car but today that was not the case. The security would turn on every time the battery was connected again and therefore we could not start the car. We grabbed a ride with someone else that was going to the MTC and made it to things on time but slightly frustrated.
We went through the classes for the morning. We had to do the investigator interviews again most of the morning. One thing that I have learned the last few days is that it is important to determine if Joseph Smith is a Prophet and the Book of Mormon is true. If that is true then many of the objections that people have to the restored gospel are not relevant. It is so necessary to have the confirmation of the Holy Ghost in those matters.
After lunch we decided to go home to see if we could get the car to start. The day before we had some problems but when it warmed up it seemed that the car was okay. We rode the shuttle back to the apartment and Larry tried to start the car. He tried everything again but it would not start.
By this time we were supposed to be back to our classes. We called the support missionaries over us and told them our problem. Then Larry called AAA to see if they could tow the car to the Chrysler dealership. It took a while to describe where we were because we could not find an address of where we lived. But finally they came and towed us to the Larry Miller dealership in University Parkway. The gave us a ride back to the MTC but we were two hours late for classes.
It was our afternoon instructor's birthday we found out yesterday so we had planned to give her cupcakes and a card. Apparently they decided not to give her the cupcakes until we got back. I thought that was nice of them to think of including us.
I have been coughing up a storm. I swear no one will remember anything about me except that I was the lady coughing all the time. There is a doctor in our group and he has been very concerned for me. Today he asked if I had been coughing up anything and I told him yes. They gave us a ride to the dealership when we got out of our classes and he offered to call in a prescription for antibiotic for me tonight because he felt like I needed it. I thought that was very thoughtful of him.
When we got to the dealership they were having a hard time figuring out how to diagnose the cars problems because the car is so old they no longer have the same computer program to talk to the car. They still did not know what to do so we walked across the street to eat as Larry had been too worried to eat at the cafeteria before we left.
About 5:30 p.m. they called and said that they would not be able to fix it tonight and that if they could fix it it could be several days because they needed to replace the computer system in the car. Apparently there is no way to disarm the security system. They said that they could call the rental car company but they did not know if they would still be open. Fortunately they were and to make a long story short after about 20 phone calls and the driver who was sent to get us getting lost we had a rental car. It is great to have transportation for the weekend!!!
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