Thursday, July 28, 2011

Once was lost, but now found

Well, we finally made it to Wisla, Poland.  It was a long trip, but wonderful in every way.  Our group is complete, all 8 of us.  We had a bit of a scare with the luggage today.  We were told when we landed in Prague to collect all of the luggage in order to go through customs.  So we dutifully waited and waited and waited some more for our 6 bags of VBS supplies to come through the baggage claim.  No bags appeared, so we spent the next 3 hours talking to the lost baggage people, attempting to locate our helpless bags.  We had to email our people back home to let them know what was going on and to expect a call from Delta.  Sadly, we left Prague without our bags but with lots of prayers that they would be found.  God is in charge, as he soon reminded us, because on this last flight the airline folks decided that Ruth's carry on bag was overweight and would need to be checked in.  This turned out to be a blessing because when we arrived in Krakow we had to go to baggage claim to get Ruth's bag, and there were our 6 joyful bags.  They found their way to Krakow, Poland!  If we did not need to collect Ruth's bag we would have passed by the baggage claim, assuming that our 6 bags were lost somewhere in the mysterious universe known as airline baggage. 
Our first GEM missionaries that we saw were Peter and Margre Hayes.  We actually saw them in Prague; they were on the same flight to Krakow as us! 
As we are all getting settled into our rooms we are listening to the cool, relaxing melody of a soft evening rain.  :)
Tomorrow we begin the work of sorting the supplies and getting our conference rooms ready for the kids.  Thank you so much for your prayers; they are felt and appreciated.
Pictures to be posted tomorrow....... 

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