Leaving American Soil for a new country in a great Continent...

Day 2… It is now 8:30 and we are all at the airport in Washington, D.C. waiting for our flight to Ethiopia which has now been delayed an hour… not departing till noon! So I will be looking for something to eat before I go! We arrived last night on schedule and then the fun began. We gathered our luggage and waited outside for the “Embassy Suites” van to come pick us up. After all the other vans drove by several times the van finally showed up. We loaded ALL 14 BIG bags into the van and headed out to the hotel. When we got there and unloaded all the bags it came to our attention that only two of our team members (the guys) actually had reservations there. The rest of us had reservations at the Hampton Inn!! So we reloaded the luggage (10 bags now times 50 pounds) and headed out to our new location. So much for the best laid plans. By now it was close to 11 and we were all hungry, so we dropped our luggage in our rooms and headed out the door to the only restaurant in walking distance. Fortunately, for us, it was really good! And eat we did! Salads, as this is something we won’t see much of us for the next ten days.

Zach (the youngest member of our team, a high school junior) has come prepared. He emptied his backpack on the plane and had a snack of every variety imaginable. He will not go hungry! Sadly, I think he made his way through most of them on the three hour flight to Washington. He has everything from soup to dessert! The rest of us have pretty slim pickins in comparison. Yesterday he was sharing freely. Today he has figured out if he charges money he can come home having made a profit!!!

The team is doing well. We are very excited about what is ahead of us. We are anxious to get to Ethiopia and begin doing what it is we are meant to do.  I have no doubt that God has knitted together a good group of people who will work well together to accomplish his purpose.  I will update again tomorrow night after we arrive in Addis Ababa. I will be praying for all of you. Love you bunches.