13 September 2009
07 September 2009
Lorena's Wedding Trip
Paisley went on her first plane ride and then her second and then her third...
Paisley and I (we left Daddy and Aubry to fend for themselves a couple of days) were on our way to Ilheus, a city in the south of the state, to go to a wedding for Lorena and Gustavo. Lorena was the second person baptized at our church when it first began 3 years ago and I was the one she studied with - since then we have been very close friends. On the way to the airport Matt, Paisley and I got stuck in traffic for an hour because of flooded streets. Luckily (or actually unfortunately) Paisley and I still made the flight because it was delayed due to wheather in Ilheus. We flew to Ilheus circled the airport and then flew back to Salvador since weather conditions were to bad to land. After sitting in the airplane at the Salvador airport for almost 2 hours, the pilots decided to try again. This time we circled Ilheus couldn't land and they decided to land in Comandatuba, a nearby island! We again waited almost 2 hours at this small airstrip for TAM to come and get us and our bags and take us back to Ilheus by bus. After very bumpy hour bus ride and a 45 minute taxi, we finally made it to the hotel. What should have been a 25 minute airplane ride was over a 10 hour trip. The good thing was that Paisley was perfect the entire time. She didn't cry once the whole 10 hours even after not being able to nurse on an up and down bus or not being able to lay flat for so long. The wedding was beautiful and even though I came back with a fever and terrible body ache, the trip back was less eventful. Pray for this wonderful couple. Pray that God will reach Gustavo with the gospel through his new wife and our church.
Paisley and I (we left Daddy and Aubry to fend for themselves a couple of days) were on our way to Ilheus, a city in the south of the state, to go to a wedding for Lorena and Gustavo. Lorena was the second person baptized at our church when it first began 3 years ago and I was the one she studied with - since then we have been very close friends. On the way to the airport Matt, Paisley and I got stuck in traffic for an hour because of flooded streets. Luckily (or actually unfortunately) Paisley and I still made the flight because it was delayed due to wheather in Ilheus. We flew to Ilheus circled the airport and then flew back to Salvador since weather conditions were to bad to land. After sitting in the airplane at the Salvador airport for almost 2 hours, the pilots decided to try again. This time we circled Ilheus couldn't land and they decided to land in Comandatuba, a nearby island! We again waited almost 2 hours at this small airstrip for TAM to come and get us and our bags and take us back to Ilheus by bus. After very bumpy hour bus ride and a 45 minute taxi, we finally made it to the hotel. What should have been a 25 minute airplane ride was over a 10 hour trip. The good thing was that Paisley was perfect the entire time. She didn't cry once the whole 10 hours even after not being able to nurse on an up and down bus or not being able to lay flat for so long. The wedding was beautiful and even though I came back with a fever and terrible body ache, the trip back was less eventful. Pray for this wonderful couple. Pray that God will reach Gustavo with the gospel through his new wife and our church.
01 September 2009
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