Home again, home again, jiggity, jig!

A huge thank you to everyone who has been praying through our transition from the Solomon Islands back to America.

Our SITAG family prayed for us during morning tea, and then several of them joined us with picnic lunches in the leaf house outside the airport.  We checked in so early that we had plenty of time to eat and chat and enjoy each other's company one more time before boarding.

Our first, and shortest, flight to Brisbane went smoothly.  We were four of nineteen passengers on the Solomon Airlines flight.  We quickly transited the Brisbane airport and enjoyed Subway, the only restaurant open.  The next flight was 14 1/2 hours to Dubai, somewhere we had never traveled before.  Our bodies had no clue what time it was supposed to be, but the clocks said we arrived a five something in the morning, so finding coffee was a top priority.

We could barely see the skyline through the hazy skies, and we bought a deck a cards to remind us of our journey.  During our layover, we watched a couple walk off and leave a phone on the bench behind us.  I ran after them with the phone, and when they returned to wait for the plane, they brought a big box of McDonald's french fries as a thank you to our family!

Our last flight took sixteen hours to fly us from Dubai to Dallas, we couldn't have asked for a smoother trip.  All of our luggage arrived, with only one broken mug handle.  Now we focusing on getting our bodies on Dallas time, enjoying fresh broccoli and cooler weather, and watching Spring burst into bloom.  We appreciate the continued prayers for our transition and the anticipated culture shock that always accompanies an international move.