Stranded


Image result for wizard of oz tornadoTo say the least, it has been a long and stressful day.  We are still in America.  On the way to ATL yesterday evening we encountered a horrendous storm.  We didn't think anything of it until we arrived at the airport at 3:30 am for our 5:40 am flight.  United finally admits that our flight is delayed by three hours and we will not make our connection at Dulles International to Addis  Ababa and thus miss our flight to Dar-es-Salaam.  After three hours we had a flight to Dulles at 9 am, and plans to spend the night in Chantilly, Virginia, to catch our Ethiopian Airlines flight to Addis Ababa and then (surprise) a flight to Zanzibar, off the coast of Dar-es-Salaam.  So we arrived in Dulles to be told by the United agent that we would not put up for the night as promised, and we should have stayed in Atlanta and caught the flight to Dulles the next morning.  Needless to say, we were stressed.

Image result for dulles usoSo we paid a visit to the Dulles International Airport USO.  What a wonderful place.  Snacks, cold drinks, warm smiles, comfortable chairs and free WiFi.  They loved on us, comforted us, and fed us comfort food.  They also helped us find a hotel for the night.

Josh (our missionary contact in Tanzania) contacted us with tickets for a flight from Zanzibar to Dar-es-Salaam Thursday evening.  That will be another adventure. 

We covet and appreciate your prayers.  It seems there is a lot of spiritual warfare behind the scenes to discourage us and prevent us from getting to Tanzania.  As I wrote previously, Josh feels we are storming strongholds in our effort to teach the Tanzanians how to study the Bible.  Stay tuned.

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