Well HELLLOOOO London!

Well we made it. It was a bit of a long and crazy journey. At times it was definately humorous. Before we left, I (Tara) was getting all of our itinerary printed off and such and realized that my name on my boarding pass was under my maiden-name. Uh-oh. BIG uh-oh. Praise the LORD that I called the airlines BEFORE we left and found out all I needed to do was bring my marriage certificate (which is a pain to haul around since its sentimental and kind of...important).

And GUESS WHAT?!?! I FOUND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER walking to my apartment from the office. I hadn't found one since grade-school. I thought it was definately a sign from God. Ok maybe not..but I know God smiled down at me because it made me happy. I put it in my passport. And yes...its' still there. The security guy had to get his supervisor to come sign off for me since my name wasn't right on my ticket. Ohhh great I'm going to have to go through this everytime, I thought. Well the his supervisor must have been bored because she thought it was hilarious to tell me that I wouldn't be able to fly. Then she started laughing. SO not funny...now it is I guess. :)

Our flight was delayed 2 hours and when we finally flew to Chicago the whole time I thought I would be sick. It was in one of those tiny planes so it basically felt like we were about to crash the whole time. The lighting didn't help my anxiety. And neither did the pilot announcing (before we flew) that we were a couple of hundred pounds short on fuel and were waiting to get it filled. At least they found out!

Thankfully, American Airlines booked us on the next flight to London and we left (after more delays) around 11 PM. Let me just tell you...Ben and I were ALL about those individual tv screens! You can choose your movies/tv shows/etc.! So cool. (but the food wasn't so cool lol)

We arrived at Heathrow, London 12:00 PM their time (6 A.M. our time) Soooo I got 3 hours sleep (thank you Ambien) and Ben got one hour. Needless to say...we're a little sleepy. But so excited! We made it through customs JUST fine and our luggage arrived. We're staying in a TINY hotel. Literally. The room is 6 metres. But we're so excited.

We just ate at an authentic, cheap, and AMAZING lebanese place down the street from the hotel. It was SO good. Everyone here is speaking lebanese. Falafal definately is helping my cranky side affects from lack of sleep. Anyway....we're about to leave and find where we need to be for our appointment tomorrow for YMCA. Please pray for God's direction and for him to still keep us safe. We are LOVING it so far! Thanks for your support. Your prayers. God is awesome. We live in such a big world with so many lost people. Its really mind boggling. He loves us so much....and I just want everyone to know it. Gotta run for now!

Tara