Journey Mercies: Traveling to Nicaragua
First off, let me tell you that I'm not Anna - she gave me, her mom, access to her blog so I can keep it updated, as I'm updated, in regards to her trip/mission to Nicaragua.
Her dad and I got Anna and her brother to church for 3 a.m. As they were loading up the bus and getting going, a mighty wind/rain storm swept through. (It was so bad in some places: Duluth issued a "no travel" warning due to damage, and several people were killed in the Boundary Waters. All I saw in this area was many, many garbage cans - it's garbage day here - tipped over/spilled out onto yards and into the street.)
They got down to Minneapolis. Some of the team took an early flight while the rest enjoyed a "layover" before they even got started, waiting for a later flight to Dallas. I think, once they were all in Dallas, they were to travel together on to Miami, but it sounds like some team members went on ahead on another flight. Unfortunately, the flight that the (larger) remainder of the team was on got delayed and, for awhile, we weren't sure they'd make their last connection in Miami.
They did, by "the skin of their teeth", as the saying goes. As I write this, they are still "taxiing (pushed from the gate 16 minutes ago)" but not yet in flight. Josh Johnson, our church's youth pastor who is bringing/leading them, posted on Facebook: "Everyone is on the plane and we are about to depart to Nicaragua! Pray our luggage makes it, we just about didn't." Pretty much everyone had big, full suitcases with not just their own belongings but also supplies needed for VBS, etc. So, praying that those suitcases somehow got on the plane - and, if not, hoping that everyone's carry-on's were smartly packed.
Her dad and I got Anna and her brother to church for 3 a.m. As they were loading up the bus and getting going, a mighty wind/rain storm swept through. (It was so bad in some places: Duluth issued a "no travel" warning due to damage, and several people were killed in the Boundary Waters. All I saw in this area was many, many garbage cans - it's garbage day here - tipped over/spilled out onto yards and into the street.)
They got down to Minneapolis. Some of the team took an early flight while the rest enjoyed a "layover" before they even got started, waiting for a later flight to Dallas. I think, once they were all in Dallas, they were to travel together on to Miami, but it sounds like some team members went on ahead on another flight. Unfortunately, the flight that the (larger) remainder of the team was on got delayed and, for awhile, we weren't sure they'd make their last connection in Miami.
They did, by "the skin of their teeth", as the saying goes. As I write this, they are still "taxiing (pushed from the gate 16 minutes ago)" but not yet in flight. Josh Johnson, our church's youth pastor who is bringing/leading them, posted on Facebook: "Everyone is on the plane and we are about to depart to Nicaragua! Pray our luggage makes it, we just about didn't." Pretty much everyone had big, full suitcases with not just their own belongings but also supplies needed for VBS, etc. So, praying that those suitcases somehow got on the plane - and, if not, hoping that everyone's carry-on's were smartly packed.
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