Well, our adventure to Bolivia has begin!! Above is a picture of us with all our luggage. The picture makes me laugh because it is like the calm before the storm. In the picture above we are about to have a major twist thrown into our plans! Following this picture we proceeded to take all our luggage inside to check in. You may have noticed in the picture that we have three large red duffle bags and 3 grey tupperware crates. As we checked in we were told that there is a 'box embargo' on all American Airways flights going into Bolivia and our crates were considered boxes. After about 30 seconds of panic and talking with a manager we realized our only choice was to get some duffle bags to replace the crates and repack. So with an hour and 15 minutes before our plane was to leave for Miami, we left Ella and all our bags at the airport with John's parents, and RAN out to the parking lot to our car. We found a Meijer, RAN inside, and found some duffle bags. John ripped open the bag in the middle of the isle to make sure it was big enough. We RAN through the check out line and made a bee line back to the airport. John's parents had all our crates spread out, ready to be unpacked. We quickly stuffed everything into the bags, checked in AGAIN, and made it to our gate just as they were starting to board. For those of you who know us well, you know we are big Amazing Race fans, and even tried out for the show several years ago. We most definitely had our 'Amazing Race' moment this morning...and I'm sure there will be more moments like it to come. We know there were many of you praying for us this morning, and we can't thank you enough! We were in need of it!
Right now we are SO THANKFUL to be relaxing in our airport hotel. We all took naps this afternoon and will head back to the airport later this evening for our 11pm departure to La Paz, Bolivia. Thanks for the prayers. We look forward to sharing with you from Bolivia.
6 comments:
I wish someone had videotaped your "amazing race"! It would have been quite the sight. I saw your prayer card on our refrigerator today and immediately thought of you praying that your travels will go well today. I didn't IMAGINE all you were dealing with initially though! God is good to have enabled you to get repacked so quickly. Sherill Port
UNREAL. What a start to your adventure!
Glad you made it to La Paz safely this morning. Praying that the altitude doesn't cause any sickness for you three. Love you guys!
That is quite a bang to start with!! We are praying you don't have altitude sickness.
Thanks for the update!
We've been praying for you and we're glad to see you were able to work this first "road block challenge" and make it to the first pit stop!
And now you're in Bolivia! How AMAZING!
We were wondering how your trip went. So glad to hear that you arrived safe. I am also glad to know not to bring boxes, we were planning to pack that sort of thing, so you saved us from doing the same thing. Thanks.
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