Rest Time - Wait Time ...Patience is a virtue!

Most of you know that I had to resort to email last night. We found 'somewhat free' internet at Newark Airport....if you sat in just the right spot and could pick it up from the United Club above the food court...clever people that we are! Of course, in order to get much of anything, the planets also had to line up!

The short version is that the plane finally arrived and we departed only thirty minutes late....if you want to know more about our day....read on!


....Newark Airport   Wednesday Afternoon January 4, 2012

We can call it ‘rest time’…or ‘chill time’…though it is not so chilly here (in Newark) ….still warm air is a bit more like it. We arrived in Newark around 3 PM but the flight from Orlando did not exactly feed us. There is no ‘exactly’ about it. They sold everything but did not even give airplane peanuts, unless I slept through it. But I did have my typical tomato juice (no ice) and glass of gingerale…..hydration is good stuff!

The flight was fairly uneventful. We found truth in the Scripture that tells us that the ….the last shall be first and the first shall be last……in airplane terms. Our sweet ‘first of the alphabet’ young lady was the FIRST to get to board (after First Class, of course)…..but she was on the LAST row of the airplane! But…what a sweet spirit she had….and true to the wisdom of my own baby girl, who flies a lot….as soon as they said the cabin door was closing, Miss A spoted a better seat (empty) and snagged it!  Thank you Karin for that bit of insight! First Class was full so I did not get upgraded…..oh, I would not have anyway! 

It feels like we have been up all day! Moving slowly does that to you, which speaks volumes for the wisdom in having places to go and people to see! We had varied and interesting lunches in the Newark Airport…mostly healthy…..I just saw the ice cream coming through…..the kids will be ready for naps next! Some are already planning out their sleep time!

Some of us got to see the Statue of Liberty on the way in….what a site! It is one of those things that brings a thrill to your heart and it will even more-so when we return to the United States. There is nothing like travel abroad to make you really appreciate what you have here…..and if it does not….it should!

We have our rooming assignments – check your handbook if you want to see where your students are. Look at the Quad listing. The guys are SO EXCITED that they each have their own bed! (You have to travel with a lot of guys to understand this…I never stop laughing at some of the guys’ rooming stories I have heard over the years…they are problem solvers, that is for sure!) A Quad in Europe generally means four twin beds in a room…a double is two twin beds….same room….only the bed quantity changes. We are so spoiled in the States! But this is what memories are made of!

I thought everyone would be more lively during this layover, but the kids are reading, chatting, texting…they might as well enjoy the texting because it will soon be much more expensive! And I would have no wi-fi at all if it were not for these clever kiddos who know how to figure it out!

The charging of equipment continues with the few plugs we can find……we will keep in touch as much as we can, and hopefully I can figure out how to get some photos on this blog. I tried but it kept shutting down. Hello out there…iphone to facebook to email to blog…..technology….don’t you LOVE it!

Keep us in your prayers….pray that we get at least a few winks of quality rest on our flight across the ocean!