South Africa-1 Friday July 4, 2008

So we're all sitting in the airport in Johannesburg (henceforth known as Joburg), South Africa waiting for the CHANCE to get on a plane to Durban. Our itinerary was insane to start with, but now it's even more nuts. It was as Such:

1. Leave DFW for London- 8hr flight, arrived at 8:30am
2. layover in London (sightseeing)- 8 hrs
3. Leave London for Joburg and make connecting flight to Durban at 8:25 am- 12 hr flight, arrived at, here it comes, 7:40 am.
4. Drive from Durban to Port Shepstone-2 hrs

Yeah. Landing in Joburg at 7:40 gave us 40 minutes to get through customs reclaim our luggage, change terminals recheck our luggage, get boarding passes and board the plane before the gate closed at 8:15. Keep in mind we're a group of 25 as well. HA. Needless to say this did NOT work out. So we got all our junk together and camped in front of the ticket counters while the head hanchos checked out the other flights. Turns out there was flights out to Durban every hour or so, but every single one of them is booked solid because the biggest horse race in South Africa happened to be the next day, Saturday July 5. So we were all put on standby along with 15 other strangers in the same boat.  Everything is up in the air..Literally.

Coming off the plane in Joburg we had 3 people sick, and a Hunter with swollen feets, so I started to pray. Then we found out about the missed flight and I prayed some more. Then when we all got separated and told 4 different things I just had to keep remembering that God was still in control somehow. What a test it was. 

I'm just having to remember How big God is today, and how much bigger He is than any travels issues, or airport screw ups. It's been a trying few days for me since Sunday, and I'm not pretending to be ok at all, because I don't think I am. I'm a pretty future oriented person, i'm realizing, be it 20 minutes or 20 years into the future. SO after spending so much time thinking and planning my future, gripping onto my present reality is quite terrifying.

But I'm glad I'm here now. I think God is telling me it's more important to trust him for today before I trust Him for tomorrow, or maybe just learn to balance it more.. I don't know. Either way, I have to trust that he knows what's best, which sucks for me, cause I want to know. Darn it! I get frustrated with God's omniscience and my no-niscience sometimes.

Thanks to everyone who is praying for us right now, and to everyone who helped me get here.

(Annnnd just as I finished writing that Jason Story came up and said we ARe booked for a flight at 6:55 am for sure, and British Airways is paying for our stay. Spending the night int he most dangerous city in the world!)

Love you guys! I know it's weird reading these all at once, but remember it was daily for me..neat to see how things work out. 

Katy