we've been on the plane FOREVER!Friday, August 8, 2008
We made it :)
We got in last night, 7-Aug-08 that's how they would write the date here, 5 in the afternoon that would be 11AM EST. It's easy to say it takes 36 hours to get here with all the time change, but we found out that 36 hours of flying is a REALLY long time! Mom Dodd put it this way on her way in to work while we talked to her from the Atlanta airport. "You guys will be flying while I'm at work, when I come home from work, when I go to bed, when I wake up, and you'll still be flying when I go back to work ON THAT SAME PLANE!" God is good. We met two dozen southern baptist preachers and wives on our flight down they will be in JoBerg and surrounding villages for two weeks in hopes that local churches here will be able to plant new churches in time for World Cup 2010. PTL! Once we landed we made it through customs no problem and then waited for our luggage. We waited and waited, did a little more waiting and then the carasel stopped moving and no more luggage was coming :( We got our small suitcase (full of goodies for the missionaries a couple of jackets and church shoes) arrived safely. Our two large suitcases with all our clothes should be arriving some time today, or so we are told. God won't give us anything we can't handle so for now we will wear the same clothes a little bit longer. The Cryan's picked us up at the airport and what is normally an hour long trip took two hours last night, traffic was really bad. It was so crazy, there were wildfires along the side of the road. The Cryan's said this was common and would only be put out if they got close to the buildings, otherwise they would eventually burn out on their own (everything is so dry here, since it is winter). It was dark when we got to Bethesda so we can't wait to see it today. Dinner with the Cryan's was wonderful, and then by ten we were ready for bed and turned in for the night. Slept great, thanking God for safety in travels and can't wait to get going today. Thank you for all your prayers and comments, please keep them coming.
we've been on the plane FOREVER!
we've been on the plane FOREVER!
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7 comments:
HI
GLAD THAT YOU ARE THERE SAFE. I'm up and getting ready to go up north.. It's 4 in the morning here. WIll get back to you on Sunday when i get home.
You are in my prayers.
Love G
Glad to hear you landed ok! Our prayers are with you two!
~Matt & Shannon S~
so glad you made it safe! love you guys! how's the jet lag? hope your bags arrive safe and quickly, or at least you have the ability to wash your one pair of clothes while you are there. we love the blog posts and look forward to each update. keep them coming! :) praying for you both.
yea you made it!! so glad all is well except for your luggage. Cant wait to hear how God is using both of you. love ya and praying for both you.. have fun
Glad to hear that you are in safe. Praying that you had a productive day today and are getting well adjusted to the time. Angela says 'Don't forget to rest some =)'
Rob and I are glad to hear you both made it safely there and can't wait to hear more about the trip.
Oh wow.
I remember that flight... although I went Detroit--> Chicago--> London --> Jberg--> Durban, so be glad you have only one plane!
glad you got there safe!
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Alanna
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