Sunday, December 14, 2008

From the Oven (TX) to the Freezer (MN)

After days of packing and deep cleaning our apartment the day finally came to leave RGBI. Goodbyes were hard but technology will help us keep in touch with friends and classmates. On Friday morning John and Laura Neimeyer drove our family and the Wiebe family to the Harlingen airport for our 11:30 am non-stop flight to Minneapolis.

We got the LAST row in the plane...good for being close to the bathrooms, bad for getting out of the plane quickly. I sat with the boys on one side of the aisle.

A family from RGBI bought the boys a new cartoon and gave it to them right before we left, so they enjoyed the flight watching the video on the portable DVD player. Thanks again, Skeltons!

Kaylee and Kristi sat on the other side of the aisle and had an extra seat to spread out.

Dallas and Tara Wiebe (and their son, Carter) flew back on the same flight. They live in Canada. Tara was in my graduating class and Dallas has one more semester of study left. They are spending their Christmas break back in Manitoba with family and also for the delivery of their second baby. Tara is due in two weeks and was hoping to make it back to Canada for the delivery (she made it). Follow their ministry blog called "A Walk in Our Shoes" to find out when the new baby will be born.

Carter had a good flight, looking out the windows and....

...watching a video with Kaylee on my laptop.

We were thankful that the flight was only three hours and went without incident.

Upon our arrival, we were able to meet Dallas' parents (who drove from Canada to pick them up) and the Wiebes were able to meet my parents. Above is our final picture with the Wiebes...we may never see them again...this side of glory. We will miss them and everyone else at RGBI.

After fighting against rush hour traffic, we finally made it home to my parent's house around 3:30 pm. A warm house with a fireplace was waiting for us and we all enjoyed going to bed early for once....but...around 7:55 am the next morning my cell phone woke me up.

Come back to find out how that phone call affected my Saturday morning.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Glad the trip back was uneventful. How fun to have others from RGBI on the same plane! Those friendships will last a long time!