Not Without a Little Adventure!

11/07/12

As we sit on the plane heading for Ethiopia, we decided to do a little blogging (to give you the play by play) while we are still awake.

(2:45 came a little too quickly this morning!)

Currently we are somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean… close to the Bay of Biscay.

Temperature: - 81 F  (I am glad we are inside.)

Altitude: 37000

Ground Speed: 498 mph

Local Time:  10:24pm

Estimated Time of Arrival: 1:29 am

Back home Time: 3:24pm

But let’s back up a little.  Let me introduce you to our team back at the Minneapolis airport.   We were the ladies in the matching pink T-shirts.  In fact, Hannah and some of our team were named “the singing pinks” by the wonderful gentleman who took our boarding passes.  You see, Hannah has a checklist of “to do” things from her friends… one of which was sing at the airport.  She invited the group to sing with her and to her surprise, she had several happy participants! 

We then had our first pit stop in Toronto.  As we were entering customs, they made the final call for our connecting flight.  Hannah and I were the last to get through customs and when we entered the terminal, everyone was gone.  I mean gone… vanished, disappeared, invisible, nowhere in sight!  They were of course running to make sure our plane was held.  There was only a small yet significant problem… we didn’t know which gate we were supposed to go to.   We thought we heard “left” so that’s the way we headed… and eventually after RUNNING on those moving walkway thingys… we caught up to our crew at our gate!

Lots of red cheeks and heavy breathing!

Then... an unexpected stop in Rome for some equipment changes?

And we arrive in Africa safely at 10:30 am on November 7^th.  Unfortunately without our 22 checked suitcases.  Suitcases packed full of gifts for the orphans and women!

God must have different plans for us.

Hey everyone! Hannah here and it has been such an adventure already.  As my mom said we about missed everyone at one of our flights.  Boy I got my workout in for a few days. I can’t believe we are actually on the fifteen-hour plane ride on our way over to Ethiopia.  It’s been so amazing already and I can’t wait for Africa!

Keep praying for safety and wisdom as we arrive in the hours to come. 

Love and miss you all!