On Monday, the long-awaited journey began to Uganda. At 7a.m., we packed up my bags and headed to the airport. The team was meeting at 7:30a.m. to check in together. As we approached the exit onto 70 towards the airport, traffic came to a halt. We found out that all lanes on 70, both east and west, were closed due to an accident. We guessed it was from people looking out at the massive tornado damage near that area. After a long 30 minutes, we started moving and made it to the airport. I had wondered what it would look like in person, and it was very surreal to see all the boarded up windows, pieces of metal sticking out of the building, the large amounts of debris on the parking garages and all the other results of the storm. I met the rest of the team and we checked in and took care of our luggage. I had two checked bags... one was full of art donations and other materials that were donated. The other was half full of supplies and half my clothes. They weighed in at 55 and 68 pounds. Yikes!
We boarded our plane and left on time for Detroit. We made it to Detroit and then had a three hour wait to board our next flight to Amsterdam. I walked around the familiar Detroit airport, thinking how I usually am coming or going from this airport when visiting family... not often as a stopover for another flight! We visited the Delta Airlines Sky Lounge for lunch and then boarded our second flight for Amsterdam. The flight took 8 hours and moved us across six time zones. Three movies and two in-flight meals later, we arrived in Amsterdam at 5:30a.m. on Tuesday (local time). We are now waiting around for our 10:40a.m. flight which will take us to Rwanda and then Uganda. I'm looking forward to seeing the country from the air as we get closer to reaching our destination and begin connecting with the people in Uganda. The adventure continues!
Please pray for:
- Safe travel
- Health and wellness for our team
- Any sense of anxiety to be put to rest
- For God's will to be done on this mission trip
I'll try to post pictures as soon as I can! Thanks for traveling with me on the journey!
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