55 Hours Home

12/26/2008

11:00 am: my brother drives me to the airport
12:00 pm: arrive at airport and check in
12:01 pm: realize my flight is delayed due to chicago ice storm
2:30 pm: board the plane
2:45 pm: we are informed there are indefinite delays for
unknown reasons
4:00 pm: out plane takes off from Baltimore
4:30 pm: I get to see my homeland from the plane... the Jersey
shore !!
4:45 pm: land @ JFK airport in New York City
4:46 pm: run wth a herd of 17 other people to cach our flight to
Seattle
4:56 pm: we arrive at the gate and find the plane has already left
4:57 pm: instantly make friends with fellow flight missers and we
begin searching for alternate options
5:15 pm: we get into line at the ticket counter
6:15 pm: after much great conversation in line with my new
friends, we finally get to the ticket agent
6:20 pm: we are assigned tickets for the Seattle flight the
following day
6:22 pm: after being told by her manager not to give us hotel
rooms for the night, the ticket agent gives us hotel
rooms for the night
7:00 pm: we arrive at the Ramada Inn
7:15 pm: sit down to dinner with my new travelling friends as we
enjoy great food and great conversation
8:00 pm: begin making phone calls to Montana to work out a
new way home
12:30 am: go to bed

12/27/2008

8:30 am: wake up
10:00 am: get a bite-sized bagel for 5 bucks from the hotel
10:15 am: finish my pizza from the night before
12:00 pm: head back to the airport
4:20 pm: my plane leaves for Seattle
7:30 pm (Seattle time): my plane lands in Seattle
10:00 pm: my plane leaves for Spokane, WA (where there's 4 ft.
of snow!)
10:45 pm: my plane lands and I'm reunited with my friends!
10:46 pm: find out that the camp that I had come home
early from Christmas break for was cancelled
10:50 pm: start driving the icy streets of Spokane
11:30 pm: arrive at my boss' grandmother's house
12:00 am: go to sleep

12/28/2008

8:00 am: wake up
9:30 am: eat and amazing breakfast made by my boss'
grandmother
11:00 am: leave Spokane, WA and drive through the snowy
mountain passes back to Montana
4:00 pm (Montana time): arrive back at Camp Bighorn (and
there was much rejoicing!)

Overall Leason Learned:

Don't get caught up in the frustration of things not working out the way you want them to. God has put us in frustrating situations so that we may be the flavor of his presence to those around us; to be a people of hope in the world.