We Made it!

Whew!  What a trip....lets just say I don't fly very often and I booked the tickets and only left us 30 minutes between connecting flights in Atlanta, GA...which I NOW know is the world's busiest airport....all I can say is praise God for the wheelchair need or we never would have made it on our flight in Phx or Atlanta!  So here's my new travel tip: Request a wheelchair and you (and whoever is with you helping you!) gets to go to the front of every line....we saved probably over an hour in Phx and made our connecting flight instead of missing it in Atlanta because of that!!  Praise the Lord for His sovereign care over our lives!!!

It feels like God was answering prayers all day long...because of the handicap upgraded seats we got to sit in the very front which meant tons of leg (and stretching!) room on the 3hr 45 min flight to Atlanta and then right behind first class on the flight from Atlanta to Raleigh.  I also found my new favorite airline: Delta.  Not being a frequent flyer, I just booked tickets through Expedia...and did Delta ever impress me with how they treated Mom and I and went above and beyond to accommodate me!  It was so phenomenal they now have a customer for life!  All my "escorts" were friendly and super helpful...and of course I had a "captive"audience so most of them heard something about Christ.  I think the funniest one was Alan who was escorting me (along with 2 others to protect us and make sure we got through the masses of people!!) through the craziness called the Atlanta airport that is a hub for everywhere and it is said that you can get anywhere and that the Atlanta airport has been called the "gateway to heaven, so if you want to go to heaven just go through Atlanta."  I replied, "Well, I have Jesus Christ so I know I'm going to heaven!"  Silence.  :)  I forget what I started the conversation back up with but I have his card to email about his wonderful service (after all he is the reason we made our flight with 10 minutes to spare!) and I will be praying that one day he and any others who God allowed my life to intersect with, for however brief a time, may come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior.

My favorite person I met today is Joseph.  (great Bible name, huh?!)  He has been in the states from Nigeria (Tim and Ashley, your practically neighbors to his family I heard!) for only 6 months and wants to go to school to be a lab tech.  I told him he'd like me, because I have good veins and Mom said I love good lab techs!  I had to start my IV there so he watched that and as we talked I found out he left his wife and 10 month old son in Nigeria to come to the states.  I told him I would be praying for him and I would ask that you join me in praying for him and his precious family as well!  What perspective...I am missing sleeping next to Jordan for 4 days and although he talks to his wife everyday he won't even get to begin to think about seeing her until "next year sometime."  By then his son will be 2.  Made me think of all the sacrifices our Military families make to keep our freedoms safe!

Mom and I just got some food from a "local favorite" restaurant here and it smells wonderful so I'm going to go and eat that but thanks for praying!  We will be at UNC tomorrow morning at 8AM (5AM AZ time) and be in and out of doctors stuff most of the day.  I felt great most of the trip until we got to the rental car place and then I got "the pains" as I call them.  The only way they go away is if I lay down so I was very thankful to be able to lay back in the car and then get to the hotel and stretch out on a bed.  God has and continues to sustain me every step of the way!  To Him be the glory great things He has done....
Rachelle :)