The Eagles have landed - Details

As promised here are more details of Ken and Cindy's journey. I can barely do it justice as it truly is an incredible story... They definitely tell it better-- because it is their story.

So, Ken and Cindy arrived at the ticket counter at Logan Airport to checkin and found out that even though they had a confirmation number they were not confirmed on the flight. In fact, they were not even on the flight at all.

Apparently when they called in book their flight when the agent said, "you're all set", it did not mean "all set" as we would obviously infer. They, the airline, never charged the credit card which Cindy gave them and therefore the tickets were never paid for.

The ticket agent in Boston was awesome, however, and worked very hard to get them on the flight to Houston. The cost: an extra $300 per ticket over the price when they booked (July 11th). As good as the agent in Boston was she could only get them on stand-by for Houston to Guatemala City.

The plane from Houston to Guatemala was another story. It was over sold (typical) and had a stand-by list that was six or seven people long. When they arrived they found out that they actually were not on the stand-by list. God prevailed and they got on the flight! However, they were told that their luggage would not accompany them until the evening flight-eight hours later.

On the flight from Houston to Guatemala City there was a medical emergency with a child sitting behind them (details of which I'll leave for them to share). Upon landing at Guatemala City they were pleased to find out that all but one of their luggage bags did make it on the flight (the other is supposed to be delivered to the house when it arrives).

We took them on brief tours of CAG, the local vegetable market, and the Panaderia (bread store) before coming home for rest and supper. Today (Thursday) we're going to head to Antigua to visit Andrew and Escuela Integrada and the market.

Thanks for all who prayed on short notice for Ken and City and their flight woes. The power of God was definitely visible in how the day came out.

-knme