Driving adventures in BKK

Hee, hee. I have to laugh. I also am reminded of God's goodness to me/us as we travel here. Today, Calvin had a follow up appointment for his second installment of the Japenese Enchephalitis vaccine...if you'd like to know more on JE, google it. Anyway, two weeks ago when I went I decided to drive myself and the boys to the hospital. I had only been to this hospital one other time when our teammate's daughter was a patient there last year. It's not very far away from us and is part of the same hospital system where I had Calvin. We decided to doctor there b/c of the proximity..the other hospital is downtown. I do digress. So, two weeks ago, I got the low down from Paul on how to get to this hospital. I could have taken the "safe" route (ie, not as much fast traffic and no getting on motorways and tollways, etc.) but I decided that would cost us a lot of time so I decided to go the motorway. Unfortunately, there are two exits for the road I needed to get off on and I got off at the ramp that turned the opposite direction of where I wanted to go. Not good. So, I knew I had to do a U-turn and proceeded to cross the four lanes of heavy traffic to get in the far right lane to do a Ueeey. To my utter surprise, once I got in the far right lane I HAD to turn right onto another main road. "Ok," thought I, "I will just do a U-turn on this road and then turn back on the other road and all will be well." Yeah, right. Not in Thailand. For the entire length of this road...there was NO U-turn. So, I then had to turn Right again! At that point I saw a sign for the road I first turned off of and got excited. So, we basically went around a huge block and finally made it to the hospital. And on the way home I went the long, "safe" way so not to get "lost" and frustrated again.
This leads me to today. We had to go back. I was dreading driving there again but thought I knew where I made my mistakes the first time round. As always, PJ, Calvin and I prayed before we took off down the road (we were already running late in my mind) and thought there is no way we're going to get there in 30 mins. Well, we got there 2 mins after we were supposed to be there! Pretty good timing! I thanked the Lord over and over again for His grace in leading us there so easily. By the way, the exit I should have gotten off at loops around and the first left hand turn off the ramp is the hospital! Silly me. Today, I also decided to come back the motorway because the last time it took way too long to get home. So, we did and again had no problems. I know it might seem like a very small thing to all you Americans out there...but really, driving here is just a different animal. I think when we return to the US we will be picked up and ticketed for many things because of how differently you MUST drive here or you will get hit! So, today, I give my God thanks, honor, and praise for getting us to and from the hospital without any problems..without going the wrong direction, without getting into an accident, etc . How good He has been to us.