Stranded
London, England - February 14, 2006
The last few days have been an interesting test for us as we have run into several major logistical issues with our tickets. We arrived at the American Airlines 
desk yesterday afternoon to pick up and purchase our tickets in Heathrow Airport, only to find out that every leg of our trip needed to be handwritten, and that it would take a minimum of 12 hours to complete (thus meaning our scheduled departure for Belize at 9 tomorrow morning will not be happening).
Since we were not informed of this before leaving the States, we now face several challenging new discoveries:
1) We have to depart from Gatwick Airport instead of Heathrow. This is a 1.5 to 2 hour journey to the other side of London.
2) The airport will be our new home for the next 2 days and nights. According to the ticketing counter, our tickets will be ready sometime early tomorrow afternoon. We will need to pick up and pay for these tickets in person and then head immediately to Gatwick.
3) With the new itinerary, we would not be able to arrive in Belize until this Thursday, two days later than anticipated. That posed a new challenge, since we would not be able to get to Guatemala in time for our first project. So we will now be routing through Dallas rather than Miami, and heading straight to Guatemala (skipping Belize altogether, at least for the time being).
Needless to say, we will definitely be starting this trip with a bang!
In the midst of all the unforeseen challenges, we are extremely excited that we will still be able to arrive in Guatemala in time for the start of our well drilling project. That is great news to us.
Although we expect challenges on an expedition (and calling) of this magnitude, it is refreshing to know that everything we do is in the hands of One far greater. And that has given us an incredible source of confidence, peace and faith.
-Lee
Monie said...A bang, indeed! Anything worthwhile doesn't come easy---and I think you two will be finding that out many times over in the next several months. Keep the faith---I believe some great things are around the corner.
Shirley Shore said...Hi, You're both on my mind today, 2/21. Hope all is well. ss
lucy Picari said...2/21/06 Hola Dios les bendiga como estan? Los extrananmos y estamos orando por uds. Se que estan en Guatemala. Patrick quiero darte la direccion de una iglesia en Guatemala que es muy ungida y muy grande se llama casa de Dios esta es la direccion, Km. 17 a San Jose de Pinula Guatemala , creo queda en las afueras de la ciudad, alli los cojos slatan los ciegos ven , y es una de las mas grandes iglesias de Central America; PBX (502) 679-3230 de esta iglesia ok. Espero la visiten y sean llenos y contagiados de esa ola de avivamiento que esta levantada en los paises centro y sur americanos. e
LUCY said...No me alcance a despedir, El equipo de BSVC los saluda. Escribeme con tus peticiones de oracion y tambien si pudiste ir a esta iglesia , te estare informando de iglesias que se estan en estos paises Les amamamos. Saludos de Feder y Marcelo Paola
lucy said...Patrick hay otra iglesia que tu mama me acabo de dar el nombre se llama Iglesia El Shadai del pastor Harold Caballeros aqui esta la direccion:\4 Calle 23-03 Zona 14. Guatemala Tel: (502) 232-5151 Blessings Lucy
Craig said...I hope all is well. The pictures from London and Switzerland are ......AWESOME. Simply awesome. Can't wait to see more. Keep on truckin!
JB said...Hey guys, sounds like an interesting time you are having. Don't give up just yet! Waiting to hear about all the great things you have planned.
Matthew said...Lee and Patrick. Let's connect soon! Want to get rolling on this. :-) Love you guys. Matthew