October 17, 2008 Return to Honduras

We left the house at 4:45 this morning with Cindy's sister taking us to the airport. Our flight was delayed about 40 minutes on takeoff which meant our connection in Atlanta was tight. We got off the plane in Atlanta. Had to go from terminal D to terminal E. Ah, great, it's right next door. Followed the signs to the trains. Hoped on the train (probably should have paid a little better attention to which train we got on). And away we go. Except we are going from D to C to B to A to Baggage to Transportation. We realized we probably jumped on the wrong train but no problem because the next stop should be E as the train goes around and we are still ok on time.

Nope, for anyone interested, the trains don't travel in a circle in Atlanta they travel in straight line - amazing, just like the diagram posted on the train - imagine that. So here we go back from Transportation to Baggage to A to B to C to D and finally to E. Only now we have about 7 minutes before our plane is to leave. Of course, our gate is at the opposite end of the terminal from the train exit. Of course! With some running and some walking very fast we are within sight of our gate when Cindy hears final call for our flight. She is in front and takes off running while the persona at the gate is yelling at her "What's your name." We get to the gate, they let us on, we find our seats, and the plane leaves on-time (more or less)

We arrive in San Pedro Sula, go through immigration and get a 90 day visa instead of a 30 day (yeah!! because it means less money we have to pay the government to stay in the country), and go through customs. We go outside the airport, feel the heat, and say "Ah, home."

We spent the afternoon with our teammates Sid and Vickie Smith running errands, catching up on the goings on at Faith Home, and laughing about each event. It was nice to be here with friend.

When we got to Faith Home they were fixing the Grand Canyon in front of our house that has been caused by drainage issues. Thanks so much. This evening we had dinner with a team from Texas that is staying at Faith Home while they build their orphanage about 45 minutes from Faith Home. It's good to be back.