Travel Day

First a big thank you to everyone who helped get our luggage to the airport at 3 a.m. (Joe and Allen you know who you are), my kids and Rachael for coming out so early to see her husband off to Kenya. We were very thankful that God gave us a cordial person at the Northwest counter where we had to check in 30 pieces of luggage! We had over 2100 lbs going with us – and praise God for His providence! After that we just had to wait for our plane to depart. That's Robert admiring the "big plane" like a kid! Robert and I took some motion sickness meds (I did not want another Heathrow experience for me or Robert!) and we were on the flight to Detroit. No issues there really because it’s a short flight (4 hours) compared to the next flight of 8 hours and then another for 9 hours! Rachael he did great on all flights – a little sleep deprived but relieved when it was finally over. We got our visas, corralled our luggage (all our luggage - Praise God!) and found Gideon and Pauline. Then it was about an hour drive to the academy to drop off most of the luggage. That took another hour then we were finally able to go home and there we found an extension on our home for Robert! I'll get photos of that later. So now he has his own bedroom and bathroom for privacy. Gideon and Pauline worked feverishly for a month getting it ready because they wanted to make their visitors feel comfortable. And Pauline said that when Robert brings his wife and kids back they will have a home to come to! We had a very late dinner (around 1:30am) then it was off to bed. It was so exciting to see Gideon and Pauline again! Now I can’t wait to see the kids tomorrow. Please pray that this trip is in line with what God has for us to do.