| Dear All, Sunday’s Bottom Line: Scott and his luggage have arrived in Hong Kong. He’s sleeping now and is looking forward to good times with our grands. Sunday’s Prayer Requests: 1. Grace for Scott as his body adjusts through jet lag; great health for him throughout this trip. 2. Healing for the sick members of Jess’ family, and the healthy ones to stay healthy! 3. All the prep work Wilson and Angelica are doing for Scott’s ministry in the Philippines to be Spirit-directed and move forward smoothly. |
| Sunday’s Details: International travel is rarely boring. Scott hates long layovers and so was very pleased that he only had “less than two hours in Houston and less than two hours in San Francisco.” His short time in Houston went fine. The flight from there to San Francisco (SF) also went fine, but when they landed, there was no gate available, so they sat in the plane on the tarmac waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Scott texted our prayer liaisons that they were still sitting in the inbound plane waiting for a gate, his outbound flight to Hong Kong (HK) was scheduled to leave in 35 minutes, and to please pray for him and his luggage to be able to make the connection. If he didn’t make the flight, it would mean a mess of re-booking, possibly spending a night in SF, and missing out on a day with Jess’ family. If he made it but his luggage didn’t get on the outbound plane, it would mean a half day in HK spent traveling back to the airport to retrieve it. We prayed. A little while later, he said it would be 10 minutes before the incoming gate would be available, but he was sure it would all work out. It seems there were some 20 people on the incoming flight who all were booked on that same outgoing flight to HK, so hopefully the airline would hold the flight for them. They did, and here’s the proof! |
 Hero is finally on a plane to Hong Kong! |
| In other family-related news, Nate and Ellie have been sick with fever, congestion, and cough. Yesterday, Nate was improving, Ellie was in the worst of it, Ezekiel “didn’t feel well,” and Matthias had a cough. We are praying for their family to be healthy and enjoy their time with Grandpa, and for Scott to stay healthy both while in Hong Kong and then in the Philippines. We know our enemy is not happy about this mission trip, so please join your faith with ours for NOTHING to adversely affect these three days of good family time and NOTHING to hinder what God wants to do during Scott’s upcoming ministry time in the Philippines. Thank you very much! Blessings, Patty |