Our first
day in Belize ended up as a first day in Texas.
Due to flooding and thunderstorms in Houston, we ended up
circling so long that we had to land in Austin for fuel and then back to
circling Houston. What was supposed to be
a 4 hour flight ended up as a 7 hour flight and we missed our connection to
Belize. After two more hours in the
airport trying to figure out what to do next, we ended up in a hotel overnight
near the airport with our team divided into three separate flights for the next
day (Saturday). So here we all are, only
halfway to our destination, Patti and Craig already in the air, Seck-Eng at the
airport waiting for his flight to board and the rest of us getting ready to hop
on the hotel shuttle back to the airport.
It’s unfortunate
because we will miss our scheduled visit to two orphanages that we had planned
for today. Other than that, this delay
won’t cost us much in terms of ministry.
Also, thanks to the beauty of modern technology, I was able to
immediately text our missionary contact in Belize, David Craver, and email the
Chinese church to make all the necessary changes to our plan.
As I look at
this strange detour for our team, I have to be thankful for it. Last night, we got to spend a lot of time as
a team preparing for the VBS that will start on Monday. And I could see that we were all exhausted,
so getting a night’s sleep in a good bed has been helpful for everyone. I also appreciated so much that everyone had
a great attitude even though this was definitely not what we had planned or
expected. Finally, I was super thankful
that we had Seck-Eng and Patti with us. Because
of their Premier status with the airline we were able to get out of the airport
in two hours. I’m sure others were stuck
there for much longer because there were literally hundreds and hundreds of
people in the same situation as us.
-Pastor
Brian
Prayer
Requests for Saturday, July 14, 2012
Pray that we
can get to Belize today. Weather looks
good now but it can change quickly.
Pray that we
can get started quickly once we arrive in Belize. We have a lot less time to get to know the
Chinese youth and to get settled in.
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