This past year has been one of many adventures and in hopes to
remember I am going to try to write some post about them. There will be lots of
pictures and a few words along the way. Hope you enjoy!
Last October I had the GREAT pleasure of boarding a plane with
one of my sweet friends, Megan, and flying to Texas to go stay with another one
of my friends, April, and attend a conference.
Well, if you know me - you know - I HATE to fly….something about
my controlling nature! But I shimmied up my BIG GIRL PANTIES and got on the
plane. From Atlanta to Dallas should have been an easy flight.
NO SUCH LUCK.
We were about an hour in when the plane had never leveled out,
imagine the rocky feeling of turbulence with no an air problem. The captain
came over the intercom to tell us we would be making an emergency landing in
Mississippi. I sent a quick text to my friend watching my girls and to my
husband. Then I went to holding my breath and praying. I did not panic. I
would have told you that I would panic in that situation if you had ever asked
me about it before.
THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER!
Once we landed we got to hangout in the international side of
the Mississippi airport. If you have never been to this part of the Mississippi
airport let me tell you it is not very big…tiny to be exact with only a
newsstand and one set of bathrooms. We were not allowed to leave this area and
we were not told for sure what the plan was for us. There was talk of us
getting back on the same airplane….they were CRAZY if they thought that was
happening and then they also said they might send us back to Atlanta and have us
start over on another plane….If I made it back to Atlanta I was going home!
With all the confusion of what the plan was and the confined
space, people started to get annoyed which worried me even more. Who was going
to let their CRAZY out first???
Soon after, this arrived.This past year has been one of many adventures and in hopes to
remember I am going to try to write some post about them. There will be lots of
pictures and a few words along the way. Hope you enjoy!
Last October I had the GREAT pleasure of boarding a plane with
one of my sweet friends, Megan, and flying to Texas to go stay with another one
of my friends, April, and attend a conference.
Well, if you know me - you know - I HATE to fly….something about
my controlling nature! But I shimmied up my BIG GIRL PANTIES and got on the
plane. From Atlanta to Dallas should have been an easy flight.
NO SUCH LUCK.
We were about an hour in when the plane had never leveled out,
imagine the rocky feeling of turbulence with no an air problem. The captain
came over the intercom to tell us we would be making an emergency landing in
Mississippi. I sent a quick text to my friend watching my girls and to my
husband. Then I went to holding my breath and praying. I did not panic. I
would have told you that I would panic in that situation if you had ever asked
me about it before.
THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER!
Once we landed we got to hangout in the international side of
the Mississippi airport. If you have never been to this part of the Mississippi
airport let me tell you it is not very big…tiny to be exact with only a
newsstand and one set of bathrooms. We were not allowed to leave this area and
we were not told for sure what the plan was for us. There was talk of us
getting back on the same airplane….they were CRAZY if they thought that was
happening and then they also said they might send us back to Atlanta and have us
start over on another plane….If I made it back to Atlanta I was going home!
With all the confusion of what the plan was and the confined
space, people started to get annoyed which worried me even more. Who was going
to let their CRAZY out first???
Soon after, this arrived.
Stacks of pizzas and armed men solve everything, right?
This clearly was not their first rodeo…stranded group of
people.
Thankfully, once our bellies were full and vouchers for free
meals to be used at another airport (the other airport would not accept them but
that is another story) were passed out it seemed they had a plan for us. We
would board a new plane and finish our trip. We were still about an hour away
from the new plane being ready but it is amazing what a plan will do to lift
peoples spirits.
I had notice when we boarded the first plane a large scratch in
the paint beside the door. I was now thankful for that knowledge and that I
would be able to tell if there were trying to pass the same plane off on us,
ha!!! They were not so I boarded, still with hesitation but I did get on. The
rest of the flight went off without a hitch! We arrived just in time for my
friend April to pick us up and us all go straight to the conference.
Overall the conference was just okay. I love meeting and
chatting with Michelle Duggar. She is as genuine, kind, and heartfelt as you
would want her to be. Her session during the conference was very good and she
share some practical and encouraging advice on being a godly wife and
mother.
We shared late nights talking and much needed fellowship and
then it was time to pack up and head back home.
.PNG)
I knew I would be back to Texas,
Charity
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