We Made It!

We arrived in Seattle thanks to Brenda’s parents around 3:00 pm. We unloaded our bags and prepared for the eventual argument that we have with the British airway staff. Instead the agent weighed all our bags, confirmed our extra baggage allowance and booked our bulkhead seating all the way to Entebbe. Brenda and I gave each other chest bumps and high fives all the way back to the car. God is good!

We learned that our plane was delayed about an hour. We decided to go back to Brenda's parent’s hotel and wait before we went to dinner. We met up with Brenda's sister Sharon and her friends Sara and Blaine. Jacob was able to show off all his tricks to his auntie and Grammy. We had a great dinner and went to do a little shopping at Old Navy. Yes, you are correct this was not my idea. Anyways we had a great time with our family and the good byes were a little bit easier because of it. Having a supportive family is such a blessing. God is Good!

We arrived at the airport around 8:30 and spent a little time in the terminal with Grammy and Grampy. Thanks to Jacob we were all able to get our evening work out chasing him up and down the terminal. Apparently Jacob does seem to realize what’s coming in the next 22 hours. We made it through the security check point without trouble. Good thing I left the C-4 in the car. Made it to our terminal on time and prayed for a safe trip and endurance. I can’t believe we are going to Africa! God is Good!

We boarded our plane and to our surprise the Bassinet was hard flat board! How was my 19-month-old son supposed to sleep on an eight-hour flight? How am I suppose to sleep?! I then noticed that everyone else had a small TV screen in the seat in front of them but we just had a flat white wall. So I'm not going to get any sleep and I can't watch a movie! I took a few minutes and talked to God and asked for some help. I decided to call my buddy Andrew Martin and have him talk me down. Andrew in a calm voice tells me not to panic. He tells me to look down to under my seat and see if I see anything. I notice a small flat TV screen turned down between my seat. He then tells me to just call the flight attendant over and talk to her about the baby seat. I hung up the phone and the flight attendant came by a few minutes later and told us that she would bring as the Bassinet after we lift off. Thank you lord for good friends (and flight attendants). God is Good.

We are in the air for about three hours and Jacob finally falls asleep. We put him in his bassinet which is simply a car seat that can lay down flat. Brenda was able to get some sleep and I watched a few movies (Rainmaker and Click) and before you know it we were landing in London. We arrived in London around 3:30 pm Tuesday afternoon. We get off our plane and have to go through another security checkpoint before going to our terminal. Security is very high there and police men were walking around with big automatic rifles. We find seats and are settling down when we notice a group of people standing around the television. We see that a plane had been hijacked somewhere. We did not stay long enough to get details we found seats elsewhere. God is Good!

We left London Heathrow at 7:30 pm on our way to Entebbe Uganda. Weird! Jacob did a great job on the first flight so we prepared ourselves for a long flight this time. Jacob instead was his usual happy self and was flirting with Flight attendants (which gets you more juice and snacks by the way). We watched movies and listened to music before he finally was tired enough to fall asleep. He slept through dinner and woke up for the last 3 hours of the flight. The combination of fatigue and excitement created the perfect conditions for the longest three hours in the history of the world. We finally landed in Entebbe at 5:45 am Wednesday morning. We made it through customs and found that all our bags had arrived. God is Good!

Jeff Cash met us and we loaded the truck and went back to their hotel for a much needed shower. We went to town for a while before heading home. We arrived at the cash home around 2:00 pm. Brenda and I were so excited that we stayed awake the entire drive into Fort Portal. We were greeted by a herd of happy and excited kids. We made it through dinnertime before the wall of sleep fell on us all. We went to bed at 6:30pm and had the best nights sleep ever. Jacob was able to take a short nap on the way to Fort Portal and he also crashed right after dinner. He woke up around midnight, so we had to bring him in bed with us where we all slept like the dead until about 6:00. God is Good!

The power has been on for a while so we are taking advantage. I know this was a lot to read but we do not know when we will be able to blog again. We just want to thank everyone who has helped us get here. We LOVE YOU ALL! Please pray for us and we are already looking forward to telling you all about it. God really blessed us with safe and comfortable trip. Thank you Lord. God is Good!