Who could have thought that one thunderstorm could cause this much trouble. If you have ever flown through DFW airport you know how much chaos a well placed storm can cause. A "ground stop" in Dallas because of the storm meant that our flight could not leave Midland. We were set to depart at 11:20am and ended up leaving at around 5pm. Our next flight to London left without us at 5:30 and we were forced to re-book onto a later flight leaving at 7:30. That made us 1 hour late for our Nairobi flight and stranded in London; tough break.
We made the best of it, however. After securing a hotel room for the night we ventured out with a 6-hour pass for the Heathrow Express and London Underground. We had nothing planned, we had never been here before, but we managed to find the London Eye, that big Farris-wheel thing, parliament square, Trafalgar square, Whitehall, the theatre district and a decent pub for dinner. Pretty cool. So tonight we will have an unexpectedly nice bed and depart for Nairobi tomorrow at 10:20am. Kind of a nice, unplanned, mini-holiday. Thanks God.
Here's a little video I did of our day:
3 comments:
WOW, what a fun unplanned stopover in London. Sooo glad you saw so many things. We did that with Skip and Linda Hunt one trip to Kenya. We had about 8 hr. layover in London and we "drug" L & K all over. The "Eye" is amazing and glad you saw "Big Ben" and Talgafra(sp) Square. Blessings as you journey on and your time in Kenya. Genelle and Sid Pennington
Thanks for sharing the video. Loved it! What appeared to be negative circumstances to steal your joy (flight delays, missed flights, etc.) turned out to be a cool unexpected adventure. Thank you, Lord! Praying for you as you join God in HIS work in Kenya.
Blessings, Rick & Cindy Bartholomee
God speed brother. I will be praying over you, your journey and you impact while your there.
-Randal
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