Well, things did not exactly go as planned today. Two of our travelers from Wisconsin had a cancelled flight and were going to be delayed until tomorrow. However, Delta was kind enough to pull through and shuttle them to a nearby airport where they made it to Atlanta on time to meet up with Laura... and only Laura.
The remaining 8 of us were delayed in Flint due to a maintenance issue with our plane. One of our displays went down and the part needed to fix the problem had to be driven up from Detroit. So, we unloaded a completely full flight and proceeded to sprawl out around Bishop's Terminal 6 to begin our first long wait of the day.
As we waited, we were treated to complimentary drinks and Delta even catered in Flint's famous Donna's Donuts. Not a bad way to spend a flight delay. However, due to the length of the delay, we were unable to make our connecting flight from Atlanta to Belize and had to reschedule for tomorrow. Our extremely helpful Delta Representative, Keith, snagged us the last 8 seats on the flight to Belize tomorrow (otherwise we'd have been stuck in Atlanta until Sunday). Isn't God good that way? There were only 8 seats left on that flight, and there are 8 of us. God truly is good.
So around 9:30am we finally re-boarded the fully functional airplane (our original flight out was supposed to take off at 6:00am). We had a smooth and quick flight to Atlanta with no further complications. Also, because of the issue with Delta's plane, the company put us up in a hotel for the night and shuttled us around, free of charge. Here we were able to relax in comfort after a grueling 10 hours of attempting to sleep on hard airport floors.
It has definitely been a trying and tiring start of our journey, but we are safe in Atlanta and being well taken care of. We may not have our checked bags or the majority of our stuff, but God provides, as always. We have pieced together what we can for the night and look forward to joining the rest of our team and luggage in Belize tomorrow.
Though it may be a difficult task to keep a positive attitude when your well-thought-out plans derail before your eyes... we can be assured that we are in Atlanta for a reason tonight. Perhaps we had one last lesson to learn about patience and the art of flexibility before we serve the people of Belize.
For now, we'll call it a night and get some well deserved rest. God willing, the next time you here from me we'll all be safe and sound in Belize.
I'll check back soon.
Bye for now.
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