I'm HOME!!!

I made it home safely from Colombia only by God's help. Let me tell you of the adventure that I had flying from Colombia on Tuesday.

We were flying Avianca Airlines from Barranquilla to Miami. On this flight we had 2 scary incidents. #1 - I was really cold on the flight and so was the man next to me. We both turned our AC's off and were covered in our blankets. I got up about 1/2 way home and went to the bathroom. As I got closer to the back of the plane you could hear an alarm going off (not a watch alarm). I noticed that the back door of the plane had napkins stuff all around it. There was an air leak!!!!! So now I'm thinking that I am definitely ready to land and be in the US. As we started our decent into Miami; we were going through a t-storm and our plane was struck by a lightening bolt!! It was really loud with a very bright flash. I was reading an article online about lightning and it said that this is a rather common occurence. They said that they sent 1400 planes into storms and 700 of them were hit. This was the 1st time this has ever happened to me though and I have flown ALOT!! I was so glad when we finally touched down in the USA.

On my flight from Miami to Dallas, we were pulling away from the gate and were starting to go towards the tarmac for take-off and the plane completely died and all the lights went out. However, the emergency lights quickly came on. I told my co-worker sitting by me that I wanted off the plane. Our Captain came on and said that our auxiliary something had to be re-lit and it would only take 30 seconds. Then we were on our way to DFW. I was still a little nervous about that flight, but once we got in the air and cruising home - I was good to go. I read and tried to rest before I got home.

Once we finally landed I was so happy and praised the Lord for bringing us home safely! I feel that God had his hands wrapped around our planes all the way home protecting us.

I was so excited to see Les at the airport and he surprised me by bringing our dog Kodiak. She was so glad to see me, but she was more thirsty than anything!!! hahaha

It's so good to be home and the wedding is in 9 days and I am sooo excited!! We started moving my clothes over last night - stuff that I know I won't need between now and after the honeymoon. We have been busy just continuing getting the house ready. That stuff takes time and we're getting there.