Dear friends, family, colleagues and other wonderful people
whom we love and know,
By God's grace, we
have arrived in Grand Rapids, MI! While our flights from Port-au-Prince to Chicago were without incident, we arrived in Chicago only to find our flight to Grand rapids was canceled. Eager to please its customers, the airline offered to book us on a flight a full forty-eight hours later. We were not pleased! Instead, we rented a minivan which we received after more than two hours of waiting in the car-rental's waiting room in the early hours of the meeting. In order to make the four-hour drive to Grand Rapids from Chicago, we bought the Grande (so extra huge worth about
five cups) size of coffee at a gas station, swallowed a couple of Sudafed and drove through the night from
Chicago to Grand Rapids. Our checked-luggage did not come with us because
of the cancelled flight, but just last night it was delivered to Sharon's parents’ home. Thus, we are all safe and well. Zach and Sharon have already made trips to the doctor and we visited the school our oldest
daughter will be attending last night. We are grateful for a safe arrival
and are trying to triage basic needs.
We give thanks to God for simple pleasures and conveniences
which have been highlighted by our children. In the airport bathrooms our
five-year-old Esther used the handicapped bathroom complete with sink and was
so excited—she said “These bathrooms are AWESOME!” Further, Esther went
around happily telling everyone that you could actually drink the water that
comes out of the faucet (in Haiti we have to filter our water and do not drink
the faucet water). Furthermore, we had to explain to our ten-year-old
what a dish washer is (we are used to using our hands in Haiti).
I already miss the blue skies of Haiti which we have
traded in for the often cloudy skies of Michigan. Also, I already miss
friends in Haiti, but am looking forward to seeing many wonderful people while
we are in North America during the next months.
We are looking forward to seeing many of you
while we are in North America!
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