God is in control

No matter how many times you do it over how many years, you never quite get used to international travel - or at least I never do. Our team of six (Ivory Bishop, Courtney Franklin, Nannette Pachol, Regina Williams and Chris & me) left CLC about 2pm Sunday afternoon for O’Hare, where we boarded a flight to LA – and all went well.

Until we entered the Int’l terminal at LAX, stood in a never-ending line for security only to discover as we got to the head of the line that the online boarding passes I printed out at the office weren’t really boarding passes, just a document to present at the counter to get a boarding pass. It must have been a sight to see the six of us running to the Cathay Pacific counter to get the boarding passes in time to catch the flight. God was good, and so was the Cathay employee who personally assisted us and led us past the now-even-longer line right to the front of security.

Then came the news that because of headwinds enroute to Hong Kong, we wouldn’t be able to fly nonstop, but would make an unscheduled fuel stop in Seoul – which would add just enough time to the flight to make us miss our connection into Manila.

Again, God was good and we made that connection as they were on the final call for boarding. After sitting down, I opened an email on my Blackberry from Ken Sandberg informing us that the ONLY flight next week into Manado, Indonesia that (unbeknownst to us) had been cancelled, was just now confirmed on another carrier who’s taking over that route beginning the day we need to leave! (I think I see a pattern developing here)

So good to know that whatever comes, God is in control!