Charlotte....

Well, I spoke a bit too soon about getting on the bus at 3:15. The bus and driver that drove us around for our sight seeing and was ALWAYS punctual, never showed up. At 4 am, we called taxis for 21 people and their luggage!!!

Even in that though, the Lord really showed Himself strong. There was a young man from another mission team who had insomnia sitting in the hotel lobby while we were assembling and waiting for the bus. When we realized that the bus wasn't going to show, we all spent time in prayer while Chuck worked on figuring out what to do. Chuck then announced that we were going to have to get 7 taxis at 55 euro's apiece, and he couldn't guarantee that we would be reimbursed. Shortly after that announcement, the young man vanished. A few minutes later, he came back down, walked over to me and handed me 200 Euros. He said, "I heard about your dilemma, and wanted to help out." I attempted to hand the money back to him, but he said, "No, I really want to do this for you guys. God bless you!" And then he vanished back up the elevator.

Pretty much, after our arrival at the airport, we had smooth sailing for the rest of the trip. Our ETA at First Baptist is right about 5:15

Most of us are doing presentations in Sunday School first thing in the morning. Ummmm.... that wasn't the greatest timing :)