Stuck and Humbled in Brazil

This is the blog post I don't want to enter. It's the lesson I don't want to learn, not today, not now.  I've been fighting against it all morning because I don't really want to admit what went wrong last night, but here goes.

After tearful goodbyes and many prayers, we headed out for the airport with plenty of time to spare, mostly ready to get on our 12:01 am flight and head for home. As we placed our first bag on the scales, the kind attendant began to look up our reservation when a troubled look came over his face. He looked again at the computer and then asked another airline worker to confirm, that's when he broke the news to us:

Our 12:01 am flight on Friday, March 13 left when it was supposed to, at 12:01 am.  The problem was that neither Danyel, nor I, nor our missionary friend had caught it. We showed up at the airport on Friday, March 13 expecting to board a plane at 12:01, but WE WERE ONE DAY LATE!!!!!

There, I said it.  I don't want to admit it because I've traveled the world far too many times for this to be true, but we simply missed our flight by 24 hours.  Although they tried to get us on the flight last night, because there was space available, somehow in the craziness of trying to get this all figured out at 11:00 at night, it didn't happen, so our missionary friends came to pick us back up and we came back to their place in shock.

Now the systems are down for TAM airlines and we are awaiting a phone call from them to tell us what our options are. We hope to get on a flight this afternoon or tonight, but we need your prayers.

Please pray:

                    - that we will be shown grace and favor with the airlines
                    - that we can get a reservation soon and as for as minimal of a cost as possible

Here's one final piece of advice:  If you ever find yourself with a 12:01flight, make sure you know which day it will be on.  But, if you forget to look and find yourself in a jam, don't let your pride keep you from asking for the prayers of God's people.

"Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor." Proverbs 18:12

Thanks for joining us on the journey!