In looking over my journal entries, in order to write you about my trip to Thailand, it occurs to me that perhaps the best way to relate the experience is to simply use my journal entries, with perhaps some minor modifications. So here goes: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Okay, so Semper Gumby it is (Always Flexible—our team motto)! My flight from Knoxville to Minneapolis was canceled, so now I fly 2 hours later to Detroit, but after a few moments of anxiety, found out from Carol (group travel agent) that I will be on the same flight from Detroit to Tokyo as the other WAR team! And the really good news is—I am over my stomach virus—yea, God! The scripture that comes to mind about my connection in Detroit is: “For by You I can run against a troop, And by my God I can leap over a wall (Ps. 18:29).” The close connection was made devastatingly so as the gate was not prepared for our arrival and our debarkation was delayed. Naturally, I had to make it all the way through Concourse C on those moving sidewalks carrying what felt like a 30 lb. carry on bag! I walked as fast as I could; then as I was ascending the escalator to Concourse A, Jen called to say I’d better run, because they couldn’t delay the flight! As soon as I got off, I ran like crazy; my lungs were burning, I was gasping for breath; I must have looked like a mad woman as I dashed up to the gate waving my ticket and shouting, “Wait! Wait!” even though the doors were shut! Thankfully, they let me board, and as I huffed to my seat, Jen called from across the aisle, “Are you Kathryn Bailey?” I said, “Yes,” and everyone cheered! They said they had been praying for me to make the flight! What an awesome God we serve!
To be continued......
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