The Migration Begins

On the 3rd of January we loaded up the Wise Chapel UMC church van and set out for the Atlanta airport. This is Lee’s family’s church and they were so gracious to let us use it to get all of our things to the airport in one vehicle. The pastor and his wife were so kind to drive us so that no grandparents had to say good-bye in the airport. (My request…well…demand.)

We all had a bad case of the butterflies! We were excited to finally be leaving, yet apprehensive about the journey. We checked 16 footlockers and carried on 10 pieces. It was a sight! We located the Chick-fil-a for a last American meal and then went to our gate for boarding.

Our plane was nice. It seemed to be very new. The girls were so excited about the in-flight entertainment. So many movies to choose from!! We settled in with about 25 minutes until our scheduled departure. It was torture for them to have to sit at the gate and look at the screen for an extra hour while maintenance worked on an air conditioner. Finally we took off! It was about 8:15 pm est. We made several attempts to all go to sleep….to no avail! After many hours we were all able to nap. Lee and I slept about 2 hours, Meghan and Lilly about 4 hours, but Emma was only able to get about 1 hour of sleep. The flight was very bumpy. The flight attendant said that this flight is always bumpy. The funny thing was every time we “dropped” the children on the plane would say, “woo”. It made me laugh.

Tracy