So I had a really long informative blog post typed out and then my internet connection went out and I lost it so here is the really short condensed version because I am too sleepy to write it again. :-(
This morning started with tearful goodbyes with my family and closest friends. I got checked in without any problems, got to sick next to a GHS employee I know who happened to be going to speak at a mens conference this weekend, and was completely distracted and encouraged by that.
My other flights from Charlotte to Miami, and Miami to Lima were relatively uneventful and I'm thankful everything has gone so smoothly!
I got to immigration in Lima and told the person I was volunteering with a non profit mission work and very easily got my 6 month visa! I then proceeded to customs and got the red light for my bags to be sent through the X-ray machine. Thankfully that was all that happened and no bag search was done. I don't know if I would have been able to put my suitcases back together if they had opened them so that was an answer to prayer!
Then it was time to go upstairs and find internet and food and a place to sleep on the floor. Before all that happened I got to walk out of customs into the mob of people waiting to pick up passengers. It really is the closest I will ever come to feeling like a movie star I think....all faces are set on you and you have all these people asking if you need a taxi....it makes me smile. :-)
So I made it through the mob, got some papa johns pizza and some Facebook time in, and now I am going to go find a corner that I can curl up in for a couple hours and try to sleep.
Thanks for your prayers and thoughts. I definitely felt them today in getting me thus far!
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