Monday, January 12, 2009

Middle East Trip, Day 1


After quite an eventful day at the airport here is a picture of our little group having dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn at KCI. Yep! We're still in Kansas City. We sat on one plane for a couple of hours before they cancelled our flight. We waved at the rest of the group as they boarded their plane and took off. Then we got on our second plane. We were all so excited when it was finally off the ground and we were really headed for Chicago to make our connection to Amman, Jordan. But, about 15 minutes into the flight the pilot came on the loudspeaker and announced that we were circling back to Kansas City due to a mechanical problem with the plane. After many hours on the phone with ticketing agents, we are now headed out to Chicago at 6:30 in the morning, connecting to a flight to JFK in New York where we will hopefully, finally, board a jet bound for Amman. We're all praying for a better day of travel tomorrow.

4 comments:

  1. I keep having trouble with posting comments. This is my third try. I'll keep trying. Praying for you!

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  2. Yeah! I see my first comment made it through...now let me say what I tried to say before.

    As frustrating as it must have been to have your flight cancelled, I am glad you did not fly on a malfunctioning plane. God's time is perfect and you are in His hands. Now go and have fun.

    Praying for you!
    Enjoy,
    Nancy

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  3. I am so glad you didn't fly on a malfunctioning plane. I got an email today that reminded me how perfect God's timing is. Take comfort in the fact that you are safe and will be with your group in a day or two. Look for someone to tell the gospel to (who knows maybe that's why you were asked to wait an extra day).

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  4. After the "Hudson River Miracle" we all were thankful for your delays. Cautions are a god thing

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