Our flight was scheduled to leave at 5:00pm on June 3 out of Chicago. Gary dropped us off around 2:00 and we said our goodbyes. I tried to stay strong but I cried anyway. It is hard to leave my honey and my kiddos. Brianna and I made it through security and somehow I was lucky enough to get the pat down treatment. Oops, I am getting ahead of myself, I have got to share our luggage story before I go any further. Brianna and I had 6 pieces of luggage, 4 to check and 2 carry ons. Before you say anything about taking the kitchen sink, 2 of those bags were packed full with ministry supplies for our trip.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
We were told at the ticket counter that we were going to have to pay for the extra bags which would have been $120. We were also told that 1 of our bags was overweight and we would have to pay for that too or take some things out. As soon as the agent told us that the weight on the scale changed to 1 pound below the limit.
The agent's eyes got big and she said "I have never seen that happen before".
She then said "take it off and put it back on".
We did as she requested and guess what? The bag remained at 1 pound less than the limit!!!
When she finished checking our bags she said "well nothing came up on the computer so I quess I don't have to charge you for the extra bags"!
Brianna and I just smiled at each other because we knew that God was already showing up big and we hadn't even left the country yet!!
Once through security, we found our gate and the half of the team that we would be travelling to Uganda with. The plan was that we would meet the other half of the team in Brussels, Belgium and we would travel the rest of the way to Uganda together. However, that was not meant to be for our half of the team. We were met with mechanical problems. About 4 hours after our flight was scheduled to depart it was cancelled. We spent another 2 hours in the airport waiting to be rebooked for the next day and getting hotel arrangements for the night. We arrived at our hotel just before the restaurant closed. All 11 of us ate a late dinner and then collapsed in our sleep number beds all compliments of the airline.
Here we are at the airport waiting for our new flight plan
It was a great time to get to know our team members...here we are with Sarah and Lexie
Our new flight plan included a trip to London. We left Chicago on Saturday morning and arrived in London on Saturday night. We then had all day Sunday to tour London before our Sunday night flight to Uganda. We arrived in Uganda Monday morning so we only lost 1 full day in Uganda during our detour. Our time in London, including lodging was on the airlines again! I guess if you have to detour you can't really complain about it being London!
On the plane finally leaving Chicago
Team members Candice, Lexie and April
Team members Jan, Josh and Steve
Windsor Castle (yes the Queen was there)...this was across the street from our hotel!
Downtown London
Mandatory picture if ever in London
We took a double decker bus tour
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben
The London Eye
3 comments:
So good to read your post. The trip over didn't seem as long on your blog as it really was - but that would take pages to post. Nice to meet you family on your blog. Blessings: Steve Quisenberry
Don't you wish we were just now getting the disappointing news of, "We are so sorry for the inconvenience but this flight as been canceled."
THAT would mean that we still had a whole trip ahead!! And even though disappointing....you gotta admit....totally exciting!
Was checking for an Uganda post butloved the London one anyway!!!
Kathie
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