Okay, so I know the airlines are trying to cut costs and increase profits, but I have never been so crammed for space as we were on our first flight from Seattle to Atlanta. There was no way our carry-on bags would fit under the seat in front of us, and we needed a shoe horn to get ourselves into the seats! It was a tight 4+ hours...
But the Lord has a way of adding humour to any situation. As we watched the pre-flight video on the tiny screens positioned just off the end of our noses (you know, the ones in the seat backs in front of you...), I suddenly gasped. A side shot of the actor sitting in the "typical" airline seat showed at least a foot of space between her knees and the Inflight magazine pouch in front of her. I turned to Laura and said, "There's no way that video was shot on a plane like this!" It reminded me of that scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex was seen in the side view mirror while he was chasing the jeep.
Fortunately, we had a little more legroom for the 16 hour flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg, SA - after we got in the air, that is. We had to wait an hour on the ground in Atlanta because a cat got loose from its damaged cage in the cargo compartment, and they had to go find a new cage.
But we finally made it to our hotel, and as you can see from the photos, Laura and I found a nice warm spot by the pool the next morning. The luxury part won't last long, but we'll enjoy it while it lasts!
On a serious note, thanks to all who are praying for us, and especially I want to thank the anonymous person who left some money in an envelope on the windshield of my truck last Sunday...as Laura and I contemplated this trip and its costs, we knew that God would have to supply the means, and He is.
When God calls us to put some dust on our shoes, you can know that He will be faithful and will provide the shoes that we need.
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very cool.
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