The longest trip of our lives to date. . .

When we left China, I believe that trip was around 42 hours. Unfortunately, this trip to South Africa has it beat! It was supposed to be 37 hours, but it turned into 59! We chose to look for the silver linings. . .
1. We were able to say goodbye well to our friends and family.
2. Haley’s parents (who have plenty of suburbans due to the family business) were the perfect transport of our family and our 16 pieces of luggage plus carry-ons to the airport. And all the luggage made it (despite the re-routing and delays!)
3. The weather delayed our first flight making us miss that connection, but there was a beautiful rainbow reminding us of God’s faithfulness.
4. It may have been midnight, but we stumbled upon the right guy to help us in a seemingly empty airport. He helped us get hotel and food vouchers for that night.
5. The flights were so empty we all had our own row to lay across and sleep for the long flights!
6. It’s so much easier to travel now that the kids are older!
7. We had a warm welcome by our team mates! They even stocked our fridge!
8. We had a car here waiting for us to learn to drive on the “wrong” (opposite of what we are used to anyways) side of the road.
9. We landed the day after David’s bday and ON Kylie’s bday – and we found cake to celebrate!
10. There were springbok (think African deer) on our compound – how cool is that?