Off We Go!

Well, after a brief delay at DFW airport due to inclement weather in Atlanta, we were wheels up and away. Currently, we are awaiting our connection to JKF (and the five hour New York layover) before we will finally find ourselves enroute to Amman. We are all excited...although pacing ourselves seems to be in order for this very long day. In fact, at the moment, the Atlanta ground crew is inspecting our aircraft as the incoming flight crew reported problems during approach and landing. The bad news is that they expect the aircraft to be ready by 4:30 EST...the good news: our luggage has PLENTY of time to make the connection! What time will we actually depart for New York? Who knows...but travel is always an adventure and the right spirit makes it fun...at least that's what we are going to keep telling ourselves.

Once we arrive in NYC, we will connect with our traveling companions from Tennessee and New Jersey. We are looking forward to meeting the folks with whom we will experience the Holy Land. In total there will be 29 of us on the bus: 7 from FUMC Joshua, 9 from Richwood UMC in Richwood, NJ, and 13 from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Murfreesboro, TN. That almost sounds like the beginning of a joke: there was a group of Methodists and Episcopalians.... Anyway, I look forward to sharing the trip with those of you who will check in here from time to time. Until then, may God bless and keep us all and the miles between us be made few with heartfelt and fervent prayers.