On the Plane

Wow! I cannot believe I've made it this far!!!! Only through His awesome power has any of this been possible. I'm on the plane now and will hopefully be able to post this soon (along with the informational post about JV). I finished packing and doing last minute things about an hour before I left my parent's house. I got a call from my bank about then and they told me my Euros came in!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! We picked that up and then drove to Wausau and chilled in the airport for a bit. It's always sad to leave them when I leave the country. But, thankfully, I always return home. After some tears were shed, I made my way through security at CWA and boarded our tiny plane. I sat next to a lovely girl who was going for Marine training in North Carolina. She was teary eyed too - it was kinship. :) The flight actually took off earlier than anticipated, so we made it to Chicago about 30 minutes early - awesome!!! I had tie to run to the restroom (something I didn't think I would be able to do!) AND get Starbucks... blessed beyond measure! So, I'm sitting at gate C16 and looking at all the people going to Amsterdam, being slightly jealous. Then I realized, I wasn't at my gate. I was supposed to be at gate C18. Oops. So, I booked it over there and met an adorable girl who had done a mission trip of sorts in Poland for a year and a half! Instant bond. We chatted until we had to part ways on the plane. I was worried about meeting up with the guys I was meeting with. I couldn't find them! Then, thankfully I met up with them on the plane!!!!! YAY! They all seem so nice. Granted, I am pretty excited to meet up with the girls and David in Frankfurt. Ah, so yes, the flight to Frankfurt is... interesting. We were delayed by about an hour and a half. I'm in the very back of the plane and am sitting in the midst of four small children. You can imagine how that is going. The two little girls next to me are adorable, though the younger one seems to get her way through screaming and crying. I'm probably not used to this due to the fact that I am an only child. The older one is adorable and likes to chat with me - which I really like. Then there is the baby and sister combo to the right of me. The little baby boy was clearly unhappy during our delay and scream/cried the entire time we were on the ground and a bit during take-off. It was through the grace of God he finally stopped. He is now sleeping peacefully on his mother's lap. Let this serve as a reminder to me to not travel internationally with my small children. It was awful for the rest of us sitting around them. :/ The food is coming now... they even have a vegetarian option, which I'm treating myself to (if they have some left) because I ate pork chops last night!!! Then I'm also going to nibble on a chocolate chip coconut cookie my wonderful mother made this morning and spend some tie in prayer thanking God for my amazing parents, family, and friends. In case you were wondering, after that - I'm trying to get some sleep. Hopefully others will too. We will be getting into Frankfurt late, so we will probably have to hurry to our next gate there. Uh oh, "The Vow" is on... to watch or not to watch??? We will see... I don't really feel like crying. I'll update you soon. Until then, xx