Friday, August 9, 2013

Living on a Prayer

Ooh, we're half way there.. halfway to Lima, Peru that is.  As we sit in the Miami airport on a 5 hour layover, we contemplated our highs and lows of today.
Sara: highs - 1. made it on our first flight and nothing was delayed. 2. Allie waking other passengers up with her laugh; low - having a wet back from carrying her backpack through the Miami airport
Mandy: highs - 1. Flying above the clouds and taking in the view. 2. Falling down the escalator, starting us off on the right foot.  Low - Attempting to get Angela a straw at McDonalds, after 9 pm, from 3 non- English speaking hostile women. To then discovering Angela already had a straw. Then getting 10 nuggets in her bag instead of a number 10. 
Brittany: highs -1.Miami airport has steps to use instead of using escalators. 2. Viewing rainbows in the clouds from the airplane.  Low - the annoying sound while sitting at J7, waiting for 1 am to roll around (I I I I I I......)
Heidi: highs: - 1. Because of her coffee addiction, requesting coffee on the airplane.  Because she was the only one who wanted it, they didn't have any.  As a result, she received multiple packs of snacks, worth 12 US dollars.  Coffee does wonders even in its absence.  2. Viewing the smoke stack clouds from the airplane.  Low - lingering, non-faultering flatulence (aka, fart), possibly from the sleeping girl Allie woke up from laughter.
Allie: highs - 1. Did not get lost/separated from the group in the airport.  2. Waking up the sleeping beauty behind her on the plane.  Low - when Heidi dropped her free nuts and she could no longer partake in them.
Angela: highs - 1. When half of the group showed up at her apartment and the trip officially began.  2.  The airplane take off.  Aka, Sara's least favorite.  Low - walking in circles trying to figure out the layout of the Miami airport.  Then, realizing we had to exit the terminal only to pass through security once again to get to the next concourse.  In the TSA process, having her bag manually searched, asked if she was lying, only to find the culprits were 2 decks of cards.  Go figure; wonder why the Pittsburgh airport didn't stop her?!?!?!

For those of you concerned with our safety, we have numbered ourselves 1-6, calling out our number consecutively in Spanish so that no one gets lost. 

And, we are only half way there...  

Psalms 108:4 & 5 - For great is your love higher than the heavens.  Your faithfulness reaches the skies.  Be exalted oh God above the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

(Will try to get more pics up later!)

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