License Quest Update VIII

Today I (Nancy) completed my next-to-the-last step in getting my Hungarian driver's license. It almost didn't happen, though. Last week I passed my last test, the behind-the-wheel driving test. I had to wait three working days and then I went down to the department of transportation-type office yesterday where I picked up the papers with the official stamps on them saying that I had passed all my tests and could receive a license. Then I went down to the City Hall where the licenses are issued and made an appointment for this morning. When I read the notice I was given stating what papers I needed to bring with me to the appointment, panic struck. I had all the papers but one! I was missing the official home address card that was supposed to be kept in my passport. I looked high and low for it and even checked at a couple of offices where I had shown my passport to no avail. It was gone.
So, yesterday afternoon Mike went with me to the Hungarian immigration office to see about getting a new one--they were closed and would not open until after my appointment at City Hall. After much prayer, I decided to go ahead and keep my appointment. One of the first things the clerk asked me for was my address card. I tried to look helpless (and probably succeeded, because I was) and told her that I had lost it. After a few moments, she looked up my file and found a copy of my card from the first time I had been at the office! Praise the Lord! It only took 45 minutes and a couple of trips to other clerks at other windows and my papers were processed! Almost finished! I have to wait three weeks and then go back to pick up my official Hungarian driver's license.
God is so good! By the time I get my license, it will have been three months, lots of money and lots of work, but the Lord has carried me through! Thanks for your prayers!