Car Trouble

Yesterday I was at lunch downtown and went to start the car and the key would not turn! So there Meg and I are... hot and sweating and street kids standing around the car with us continuing to try and turn the key 1,000,000 times in the ignition. Finally, we called Charles... the driver from KCC. Not only did he come, but he arrived with 4 of our top guys from KCC! It was like the ladies in distress with four men racing in a chariot to our rescue. I was laughing really hard. After everyone tried what we had been doing (mind you, I had both normal and the spare keys with me... and neither were working) someone ran off and grabbed a mechanic. So Meg and I are sitting in the back seat with the doors open b/c the windows can't roll down, and the car surrounded by people. Then a mechanic came and did some amazing work of taking out all the panels to removing the entire ignition! Meanwhile an ice cream man appeared across the street! So Meg ran over and bought everyone ice cream. 2 hours later the ignition was out, and some kind of fancy wiring was done so that I could now start the car with a spoon. For the fine price of $20 there will soon be a new ignition... which should be installed sometime today! Oh I love Burundi.