It's not an accident that you're here

Jason, Lisa Michelle, and I ran into Lane Harvey at the Lexington airport restaurant. It was great to see a fellow Andoverite. Turns out we were all on the same flight to Chicago. We chatted at the gate while Jason, LM, and I worried about whether the delay would cause us to miss out flight to London.

We boarded the plane in time for a miracle to get us to O'Hare in time to run to our connection (flashback to losing Jason in Chicago).

After just a few minutes on board, they kicked us all of the plane and told us to come back tomorrow. The only problem is that coming back tomorrow to fly to Chicago wouldn't get us to Accra in time to get to the village on Saturday. Katy searched and searched but couldn't find a way to get is there in time to catch a flight out to Kumasi on Friday. Lane offered to wait on us and give us rides hime.

Jason decided that we let the less complicated hotel voucher and domestic flight reissues go ahead of us. In the meantime, Lane used his mad flight searching skills to find a flight with 3 seats left going through JFK and arriving in time to catch either the 2pm flight (with miraculous customs clearing speed) or the 4pm standby flight to Kumasi.

When Katy finished with all of the other stranded passengers, we showed her Lane's find. She found it with excitement. LM made a joke that wouldn't it be cool if they happened to be first class seats- it turns out that they were!!!! (Well, business class anyway)

So, now we are at JFK waiting to board our overnight flight to Accra. We have $93 in meal vouchers, no need for a hotel or driver in Accra, and a chance to kiss our babies and walk them to school one more time.

We are all thankful that Lane was there, and we know that if we make it to Kumasi it will have been a miracle, but if we don't, blessings will come from that, too. Where might you find a blessing today in what seems at first glance to be a major inconvenience?

Rejoice in The Lord always; again I will say Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayers and supplication let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Thanks so much for all of your prayers, they really get us through!!