A rough start

After a number of days of heartache and tearful goodbyes, I was minimally relieved to walk through security in Minneapolis. After I pulled myself together and dried my tears I started to look forward and dwell on the excitement that was to come. God even sent a concerned man to show much needed kindness to me after recognizing my obvious sorrow. I felt well taken care of.

I was off on my first leg of the journey—to Chicago. Things changed drastically upon arrival. When I found the monitor I realized that my flight to DC was already scheduled to leave an hour and 10 minutes late leaving me only about 20 minutes to get from the domestic arrival in DC to my international departure. I will miss my flight to Johannesburg.

A long story short…many hours later after a weather delay and a mechanical delay I did arrive in DC—over two hours after my flight to South Africa departed. I placed many phone calls and attempted to get a message off to Carlos whom I was supposed to be meeting in DC and traveling with. I was fully unsuccessful but thankfully Carlos out witted me and asked a stranger to send me a text message stating where he was and then I got to talk to him. Carlos is on his way and here I sit at a very nice resort with none of my belongings. You would think that with the traveling I have done I would pack a little smarter in my carry on! I do have some deodorant, some body lotion, some hand sanitizer, some toothpaste (no toothbrush), a couple undergarments, a tee shirt and a pair of lounge pants.  And don’t worry, I have 2 chap sticks, 3 lipsticks and 2 lip glosses! Nice packing DARA! What was I thinking? Needless to say I got an early start on hand washing some clothing! I am going to start my journey looking just great tomorrow!

I feel exhausted—as if I have already traveled an 18 hour flight, but no, I’ll get to do it all as scheduled, just a day later, alone.

Pray for tomorrow to be less eventful and for my luggage to get to Johannesburg! Also pray that in the midst of trials I stay focused on what I know the Lord has called me to.

I’m tired, I’ll enjoy tonight in a king-sized bed with no mosquito net! It’ll be awhile after this.

I’m on my way.