Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Vancouver Airport...a nice place to wait

24 bags were carted to YVR by Grayden Biffart's big truck and distributed to the 12 team members that are traveling together (4 members of our team are already over in Uganda setting things up for the rest of us).

Parents hugged their kids, said their last words, shed a tear or two, and, in faith, left their beloved offspring under the care of Scott (foolish? I'll let you be the judge!).

Almost 1550 pounds of luggage was checked in by a somewhat grumpy BA employee...everyone cleared security...and now here we wait at gate 64 for our flight.

The start of missions trips are always interesting. Everyone has been planning for so long, the anticipation builds, the day finally arrives and then....sit & wait....and then wait some more...and then a bit more. Then, get on a plane and sit....and wait again. All this excitement and energy needing to be contained. Some contain themselves better than others. I'm happy to say our group is doing great.

Sara, Lauren, Ryan, Tikvah, Tessa, and Ruthanne have found an appropriate outlet for their energy: Dutch Blitz. Jon has stuck on his headphones and gone to his happy place. The rest of us lounge around.

We'll try and confirm our safe arrival in London with another blog post. After that a lot depends on internet reliability in a place not terribly reliable...but we'll do our best to keep you journeying along with us.

Boarding in 10 minutes....

Grace & Peace

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