It was quite the trek. On Wednesday I said goodbye to my family and flew to Oahu. Where I was privileged to worship with the current DTS and School of Missions and Evangelism.
I woke up at 4 and by 5 am Meg's and I were at the Honolulu airport ready to take on the travel! 
The first flight was good. Some sleep , some talk, and some good snacks!!
The second flight started with a young kid mocking a question I asked the attendant . I was so angry and wanted to react but just kept walking .. I was reminded that Ian said not to be surprised by any hurdles or bumps along the way since we were coming to a place with such amazing spiritual heritage.
We were beyond blessed by good food and drink on the plane and even our own personal tv's inserted in the back of the headrests... Another little lurch.. Mine didn't work! The movies played etc but something was wrong with the jack so I could only hear on and off through the flight..another dumb small annoyance. 
We celebrated Megan's 30 th on the plane!! She opened her cards and we took pictures!!
We slept well though and even got in a game of scrabble!! The last hour of the flight the guy behind me was playing some game on the screen and was bumping my chair constantly. I just knew it was another small thing to distract me from the goodness. So I leaned forward and read my book and finally this guy stopped.
When we arrived in Dusselforf we had plans to eat good and shop for some gloves etc while on a 5 hour layover. We went to exchange our money ... And were both shocked at how little we received back.
We both had checked the rates and thought we knew what to expect.. But were sadly mistaken.
It felt like the wind got knocked out if both us . Let's just say we only received 2/3 rds of what we expected. So we picked ourselves up and decided to look for our gate before we found a place to eat.
What we didn't realize is that our connecting flight was in another terminal. Duh.. I mean we both have traveled so much but we just didn't think it through. So after going through security we realize we are in a small terminal with limited access to things and we left the fun part of Dusseldorf airport!! We sat down in the little terminal and said nothing!
The jet lag and culture shock were already setting in! We thought about walking back to the international terminal but going through security again just felt like it would be too emotionally draining.. So we lamented and decided to watch a movie on the IPad together... We didn't even eat.. Culture shock is so weird!
We ended up having a great discussion about the spiritual climate in Europe and really readying our minds and hearts for being here. We reminded each other that ultimately we are here to serve this school and if we cannot eat out or see the sights so be it. We are blessed and live abundantly .
So Megan uses the washroom before boarding our last flight and I wait with the luggage. I decide I will go in after her but while she's in there the little ight starts boarding.. So I think to myself I'll just wait until we get on the plane. Um.. We get on this little plane with no bathroom ! Dear Lord could the little annoyances stop!!!! An hour later we land and I am rejoicing over the bathrooms!!
We met up with our friend Ian and our new friend Lorene.. They drove us to Herrnhut via the autobahn!!
We finally made it to our destination! THE FREAKING CASTLE!
Thank The Lord we slept like rocks! The first full night of sleep I've had in a month and a half! Please be praying for us as we teach and minister to the students and staff here!!!
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