Well, Matthew never locked a door in Argentina!
See, when you lock a door here, you use a key from the inside and outside- so you can actually lock yourself in a room or building. So, if you put the key in and it doesn't unlock, you're stuck. We found that out tonight.
Lauren and I went to go get something from the store for dinner, and when we got to the door there was a woman there for a meeting (on tuesday nights from 7-9 a weight watchers group meets in the building). She had a key and was trying to unlock the door. When her key didn't work, we tried ours from the inside- still didn't work. We started to panic a little. We were locked in, with one reader, and no other way out. I called Susana, our neighbor down the street. She tried the key but it still didn't work. So I called Nune and managed to communicate in broken spanish that the lock on the door was broken. She seemed to understand right away and came over. Once she got here, she put her key in and it unlocked immediately!
She thought it was hilarious, and Susana was very grateful to help. I don't know what we would have done without them. Well...yes I do. The four of us would be stuck in a church building with Javier- Terrence's reader.
We did learn that the locks here are finicky and they sometimes do that. Also, that God has gives us wonderful resources here. Gracias, Dios!
Tara
Edit: Fun fact about Susana: She has a little stray dog that follows her everywhere. It follows her to the church and sits outside until she comes back. It's not her dog, though. It just follows her. Also, apparently South America is Stray Dog Land. There are dogs everywhere!
-Brandon
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