Today is the day.

January 17th.  A day that we have been anticipating for months.  It was a bit strange because we headed to the church at 2am.  It was cold, and there was snow on the ground.  We knew that in less than 12 hours we would be in a land where the the temperatures would be in the mid 90's.  We would do bag checks, make sure everyone had the required documents, and then head for the airport at around 3:30am.

No trip like this goes perfect, and neither did this one.  My daughter Peyton left something at home. Living just a few blocks away, my wife headed back to retrieve the forgotten item.  When she arrived home, Tracy accidentally locked the keys in our van while it was running.  What this meant was that Tracy would not be able to ride to the airport to see us off.  I was so disappointed that she couldn't come.  Tracy said it was actually better that way, because she didn't have to  think so much about the Good Bye.

Neither of my girls had ever flown before.  We went through check in and security with ease, however our flight ended up being delayed by over an hour.  I think the girls were so tired of waiting that they weren't even nervous when we finally took off.  I was so disappointed that I didn't get to see there faces when we took off.  My seat was in the front of the plane, and they were in the back.  The adventure began when we arrived in Miami.  We landed, and our next flight was schedule to leave in 8 minutes.  We had to get the entire team to the other side of the airport in just a few minutes time.  We went through the airport like O.J. in a Hertz Rent a Car Commercial.  We made it to our gate as they were closing the doors, but they held the plane for us, and we were on our way.  Haiti here we come!

While we were on the plane flying over the ocean, I thought about what would have happened if we hadn't made that flight.  I felt sure at this point that we were where God wanted us to be.  I was fully committed to whatever God had in store for us. Had it crossed my mind that the trip could be dangerous?  Yes.  But we were prayed up.  We had so many praying for us.  Besides that, when it becomes your hearts desire to do what God is calling you to do, then you become more accepting of what could happen.  Let HIS will be done.  When you turn your thoughts to serving others, you become less interested in yourself.  Lord be with us!