This team is such a group of troopers. We started this trip with the ultimate goal of glorifying God, and we thought this would be done in Bolivia. However, getting to Bolivia has turned into an obstacle and we are realizing that this trip is about glorifying God wherever He has us at the moment. I am so proud of the kids on this team, because they are doing a beautiful job of glorifying God during this rollercoaster of excitement and disappointment.
As many of you know, after driving the team to Charlotte on Wednesday, American Airlines canceled our flight due to bad weather. We drove home to Highlands that night and came back to Charlotte the following night in preparation for flying out Friday morning…on a new flight itinerary that was going to send us on four planes over a 27 hour time span to reach Bolivia. Despite all the confusion American Airlines had with our return to the airport, we eventually made it on two of our flights and landed in Miami. After a day of flying, our next leg was a flight to Lima, Peru. Just before midnight, when the plane to Lima was boarding, we were asked to wait in the terminal because Lan (our new airline) realized there were only five seats available on the next leg (Lima to Santa Cruz) and they were not sure if they were going to send us to Lima if we could not finish out the rest of our itinerary. As Amber, Michael and I talked this over with the ticket agent, we looked over at our students, who had all of their heads bowed together, praying to God for this trip to continue. Minutes later Lan said we could fly to Lima, and that is where we currently are.
Lan will not promise us the five remaining seats on the plane to Santa Cruz. Instead, they have put all 12 of us on standby for they do not want to separate the group. Hopefully we will know by lunchtime whether they will have seats available for us. Until then, we are resting in the terminal during this seven hour layover, awaiting news. The students continue to be hopeful, and we could not ask for a more flexible and positive team.
A few words from our teammates:
Ashley - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mary Gillan – I’m ready to be in Bolivia.
Ellie Cate – This has been an adventure in itself.
Paige – It has been crazy but it has been fun and we have connected as a group.
Andrew – It is an adventure and it is all going to work out the way it is supposed to.
Sammy – Yeah. What Andrew said. We are almost there.
Brent – He has a plan. And we just gotta stick with this until the end. Hope for the best and know that we serve a big God.
Davis – I’m ready to be in Bolivia.
Isaac – Tired.
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