Oh my stars!
I am in Zambia with some of the most amazing people. 26 hours of traveling and now 24 hours in-country... with no luggage.
Get this... no whining yet.
I have never seen people display such high flexibility and low maintenance!!
We left OKC as scheduled... but that is where the predictability stopped.
We hovered over DC for about an hour waiting for a storm to clear so we could land.
We had to refuel in Harrisburg, PA and then go back to DC to land. We agreed, fuel is good, so this was a good plan.
By the time we landed we had already missed our flight to Johannesburg. Well... we thought we had missed our flight. There were 50 planes backed up to take off, and ours was one of them. There was an airline person that met us at the gate and literally ran us through Dullas airport to our gate... we walked on our connecting flight and sat down. UN-BE-LIEVABLE!
We flew all night, stopped in Dakar for fuel and headed on to Joburg. Once again, we knew we were going to miss our connecting flight in Joburg. Once again... our speedy airport guide, sent by God, was waiting for us as we walked off the plane. We were escorted , again, to our connecting flight, and somehow landed pretty close to on-time in Lusaka a few hours later.
Unfortunately, our luggage did not get the same speedy guide service in Joburg and has been there ever since. We are hopeful, but not convinced that it has left SA. We are however, extremely thankful to be laying our head on a pillow in Africa tonight.... even if some of us have had the same clothes on since Thursday.
Church tomorrow at Mapepe. A church we have visited before. Affectionately known as 'the pipe church'... because the pews are made from surplus pipe. Can't wait!!
How did I get this life and such wonderful people all around me? I sure do not know, but I am so humbly thankful to be in the middle of it.
Good night. weet peas. (ask one of my kids)
