Thursday, June 14, 2012
Arrived a little late to the Newark airport thanks to a small traffic jam. I used a skycap because we had 8 suitcases and were late. I didn’t realize that Jon Ortlip had upgraded all 3 of us to first class or else we would have taken 9 suitcases. Just before we said goodbye to Ed’s Dad outside the airport, we prayed together. The Skycap saw us praying, and asked me to pray for him, so I told him I would after we got settled. It turned out he was from Ghana. He did a good job getting us in quickly and then I took a minute to pray for him before we headed to the gate.
When we arrived at the gate, we found Mark Bradley, Andrew, Chuck and Bill waiting for us.
Upon boarding we were shown our first-class seats thanks for Jon Ortlip upgrading us all to First Class. We were in the first row and pretty happy to sink into our cushy seats since we had all been up since 4 AM!
The flight was uneventful and when we arrived and stepped out of the plane, it felt like a sauna. We got all of our luggage and when questioned about it, said it was for our soccer teams and the let us go. Ronald and Kerby were there with my pickup to receive us and we loaded all the stuff in and were soon at the guesthouse where we were to stay.
Then we went out and purchased some food for the week before heading over to Quisqueya Christian School to play on their new soccer field. The field had just been re-done with new artificial turf and was beautiful. All the guys I had played with regularly on Thursday nights before I had left for Home Ministry were there so we had to wait over an hour before the three of us could play. But when we did get to play, it was great! So ended our first day in Haiti.
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