{"id":1487,"date":"2012-01-11T18:26:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T02:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharons.jesus4asia.org\/wp\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2012-01-11T18:26:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T02:26:55","slug":"a-missionary-past-time-by-andrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharons.jesus4asia.org\/wp\/a-missionary-past-time-by-andrew\/","title":{"rendered":"A missionary past time&#8230; (by Andrew)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I frantically twisted and turned on the door handle, but to no avail. The door was not going to come open and I was stuck inside with no escape; what was I going to do? How would I get out? And for those of you who may be wondering, how did I get into this situation anyway?<\/p>\n<p>Well to answer those questions I guess I need to go back to the beginning where it all started&#8230; I had just finished teaching my first two classes for the day, and I had 45 minutes of free time before my next class&#8230; I thought to myself \u00e2\u20ac\u0153well I could go home and relax until my next class, or I could stay in the staff room and work on grading tests&#8230;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I was a bit tired and so I decided to take the first option and go home to rest. Upon reaching home I went up to my room where I turned on my computer and sat down to relax, catch up on emails, and listen to some good music&#8230; Well time flies when you&#8217;re having fun, and I must have been having fun&#8230; because when I looked at the time I had 10 minutes to get to class! Now 10 minutes is usually enough time and to spare, so I gathered up my bag of books and headed for the door of my room and turned the nob&#8230;nothing happened&#8230;I turned it again&#8230;still nothing! The door nob was broken and I couldn&#8217;t get out of my room! I turned and looked at the windows&#8230;no that wouldn&#8217;t work they are covered with bars! I turned back to the door and began inspecting the nob to see if I could take it apart&#8230;yes it was possible with the right tools. Oops I forgot! I don&#8217;t generally keep my tools in my room. I began looking around and discovered I had one pocket knife, and a safety pin. So I set to work disassembling the door nob&#8230;the minutes ticked by&#8230;the time for class came and I was still working&#8230;working&#8230;working. After about 20 minutes of working on it I finally got it apart and opened the door. I was free at last! Now time to go teach again, next time I will be sure to keep a few tools in my room!<\/p>\n<p>The things missionaries can find to keep themselves from being bored! Sometimes I think missionaries have to be crazy to do what they do&#8230;well maybe not crazy&#8230;but at least committed. Don&#8217;t ever tell me that being a missionary is boring, cause it&#8217;s not true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I frantically twisted and turned on the door handle, but to no avail. The door was not going to come open and I was stuck inside with no escape; what was I going to do? How would I get out? 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