But We Didn't Miss Any Flights!

We thank The Lord that we made it to Debrecen, Hungary on time today.  It wasn't without a bit of stress, but God was with us and helped us the entire way. 

Our flight from Des Moines left on time and without incident.  When we got off the plane in Chicago, however, we saw that our flight to Frankfurt was being delayed.  We found out that they had to switch out planes because of mechanical problems in the original one.  When the replacement plane arrived, we all boarded as fast as possible, but we were over an hour late leaving Chicago.  We were praying for favorable tail winds since our window was small to make our flight to Budapest, but we landed an hour behind schedule.  That meant that our plane to Budapest was already loading before the plane from Chicago reached the gate--and we had to go through passport control, too!  Thankfully, they held the plane as long as possible and we made it with just a few minutes to spare.  That meant that the flight to Budapest left about 20 minutes behind schedule, but the pilot was able to make up the time and we landed on schedule in Budapest.

We waited and waited for our bags, but two of them weren't on the plane with us.  So, Mike had to make arrangements for the missing pieces to be delivered to us while I went to find our shuttle ride to Debrecen.  I couldn't find him.  We had been told they would wait only a certain amount of time and that time had passed!  So we were wondering what to do when Mike saw another man who looked like he was looking for someone.  He was waiting for us!  He waited extra time and it made him late for his next appointment, but he waited!  May God bless him!  Finally, we made it to Debrecen, safe and sound.

We are tired (the trip was 21 hours door to door), but happy.  Thank you for your prayers!