Departure Rescheduled

On Wednesday morning, the day before my scheduled departure, I woke up feeling very dizzy and nauseous. My parents, sister & brother-in-law, and nephews had planned to spend the day with me and I was hoping to have a wonderful time just being with them one last time before saying goodbye. Well, I ended up spending the whole day in bed, throwing up off and on. Yuck. I was so sad that I couldn't play with my little nephews one last time or spend a few hours laughing and visiting with my family. :(

As I went to bed that night I was praying, "Lord Jesus, you know my physical limits and right now I am beyond being able to fly. Please restore my health and strength so I can fly out tomorrow morning, but if I am still this sick I will trust it is not your will for me to be on that plane."

At 3:00am I woke up, optimistic that I was recovered and able to drive off for the airport by 4am. However, within a few minutes I was back in bed throwing up again and thinking, "There's no way I can make it to the airplane carrying my carry-ons in this shape, much less make it through 24 hours of travel without being a total wreck." So we cancelled my flights. My fellow passengers have no idea what a blessing they just received! :)

After having lots of time to sleep, rest, and recover, I am now feeling much better. I am rescheduled to fly out Sunday morning and arrive in Ethiopia Monday night around 8:25pm. Although I will miss the first day of the language course, I trust this timing is the Lord's will and I am so very thankful to have some extra time to spend with my family before flying out (hopefully feeling strong and healthy!).

My next post should be an update from Ethiopia!!!