Departures - Delays - Delights...Teleios/Grace Africa '07
Day 1 Is All Of The Above…
Our journey to Nairobi from Greenville was an exciting one. We were delayed out of the GSP airport for one hour with much of the time spent sitting on the runway waiting. Once in Newark, we had 45 minutes to get our boarding passes for British Airways and pass through Security again.
At the ticketing counter in Newark, I learned what a valuable asset Mitchell Poe is. His constant repeating of “You can upgrade us to Business” paid off with upgrades for all of us to Business class. That plane was delayed, too, so we made our flight after being escorted to the Security Check. We were finally off to London.
When we landed in London, we had 30 minutes to catch our next plane. Because we were flying Business class and going to Nairobi, we were able to bypass a long waiting line. Then, we ran from one end of Terminal 4 to the other. Kevin was stopped coming out of Security for additional screening. Mike waited to be his escort.
It was quite a sight to see Matt running through the terminal with his backpack on rollers going from side to side and Mitchell in hot pursuit. I was running behind them to make sure no one dropped anything. We just made it to the gate. Matt and Mitchell went ahead and boarded the plane so they could encourage them not to take off until the rest of us arrived.
Once at the boarding gate, Kevin, Mike, and I discovered that we had not been given the correct boarding passes in Newark. I had two boarding passes for Newark to London. So, we were bumped from Business to Economy. By now, gratitude for making the plane was all that mattered. God is good all the time. We were learning to say, “Hakuna Matata”—no problems, no worries.
When we arrived in Nairobi, we learned that our luggage did not run fast enough to catch the plane leaving London. Even as I write, we wait for the luggage. Friday to Monday in the same clothes—oh, the fresh smells being men in Africa. I know that our wives are really missing us now.
Our journey to Nairobi from Greenville was an exciting one. We were delayed out of the GSP airport for one hour with much of the time spent sitting on the runway waiting. Once in Newark, we had 45 minutes to get our boarding passes for British Airways and pass through Security again.
At the ticketing counter in Newark, I learned what a valuable asset Mitchell Poe is. His constant repeating of “You can upgrade us to Business” paid off with upgrades for all of us to Business class. That plane was delayed, too, so we made our flight after being escorted to the Security Check. We were finally off to London.
When we landed in London, we had 30 minutes to catch our next plane. Because we were flying Business class and going to Nairobi, we were able to bypass a long waiting line. Then, we ran from one end of Terminal 4 to the other. Kevin was stopped coming out of Security for additional screening. Mike waited to be his escort.
It was quite a sight to see Matt running through the terminal with his backpack on rollers going from side to side and Mitchell in hot pursuit. I was running behind them to make sure no one dropped anything. We just made it to the gate. Matt and Mitchell went ahead and boarded the plane so they could encourage them not to take off until the rest of us arrived.
Once at the boarding gate, Kevin, Mike, and I discovered that we had not been given the correct boarding passes in Newark. I had two boarding passes for Newark to London. So, we were bumped from Business to Economy. By now, gratitude for making the plane was all that mattered. God is good all the time. We were learning to say, “Hakuna Matata”—no problems, no worries.
When we arrived in Nairobi, we learned that our luggage did not run fast enough to catch the plane leaving London. Even as I write, we wait for the luggage. Friday to Monday in the same clothes—oh, the fresh smells being men in Africa. I know that our wives are really missing us now.
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