What a beautiful day to travel! A church member, Pat, is taking me to the airport. Flying US Airways, I head to Philadelphia around 3 p.m. from Cleveland. Departing at 9 p.m. from there, I will arrive in Tel Aviv (direct) 11+ hours later at 3:20 on Tuesday. I have a US Airways credit card so hope to avoid checked bag fee - what an irritant! And I have a pass to the lounge for the airline, so that's where I'll be mooching a free supper. For those who are curious, round-trip airfare was aroung $1300 - I bought the ticket last year.
Packing was challenging: rolling suitcase or backpack??? I went with my daughter Clarissa's very nice backpack - since I will be hoofing it to hostels for some portion of the trip.
Good news is that 14 others who are in my St. Georges program are on the same flight. So there will be a mini-van waiting for us to get our luggage and take us to Jerusalem. Nice to be taken care of until getting "the lay of the land" and exchanging money, etc. The program officially starts with dinner on Tuesday.
Thank you for all the messages of encouragement and prayers. The adventure begins!
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It was nice to see you before you left today. I will keep you in my prayers and look forward to traveling with you. You certainly have been blessed with a lovely day for beginning your adventure. May God Keep you safe...Bev S
ReplyDeleteGodspeed friend. I posted your blog link on the Eastminster Presbytery member site.
ReplyDeleteA copy of this blog is being kept up to date on our website - NorthSpringfieldPC.org. Have a good time, and our prayers are with you.
ReplyDeleteJanet, we had a good meeting yesterday and we read your blog entry. We all agreed that while some of us might be intimidated by such an ambitious trip . . . basically solo . . that you would shine. Besides, you're not alone, our prayers go with you every step of the way.Anyway, not much room here, keep having to edit down . . peace out sister, be careful over there . . . carol
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