We finally made it after a long long trying time in Atlanta--we left Atlanta at 5:00ish on yesterday arrived in Seattle at 7:30 (their time). After a conversation with Delta they graciously gave us a hotel room for the night. We had a good night sleep and up at 5:00 this morning to board a plane for Ketchikan--Finally.
But I have to tell you the cool part, the lady I sat by on the Seattle to Ketchikan trip was headed to Wrangell to check on her 25 year old daughter who is a counselor for the state of Alaska with troubled children. She takes them out in the wilderness for 9 weeks at a time to "rough it in nature". She(Amanda) has contracted either shingles or some kind of infection that has affected her right eye and her face. She was placed in the clinic in Wrangell and is awaiting the news of her diagnosis. Her mother and I had a wonderful conversation about Christ and how awesome HE is to even care who we sit by in a plane....(may be the reason we were delayed) anyway we got to pray with her. AWESOME!!
We found our luggage waiting on us at the airport in Ktn. and was able to ride a float plane over to Prince of Wales--Hollis. Finally arriving at 11:30 on Friday after traveling for some 28 hours.
Pray for continued safety, servanthood, open hearts and minds to the gospel and sweet rest!!
Love all of you,
Chuck, Pam, Will and Darrell and Claudia
p.s. The Jones say Hi!!
I'm glad you guys have finally made it to Prince of Wales. Everyone back here is praying that ya'll have a safe time up there and that God works miracles. Today we had the mandatory meeting for WV and everyone was asking about you all. We watched a heartbrecking video from 20/20 with Diane Sawyer. It really taught you to be thankful for what you have and to stop complaining. Anyway I hope to hear from ya'll soon. Be safe!
ReplyDelete-Katie and Grace