July 25th
Bright and early on Saturday, July 25th, the six of us stepped out on faith. We left Charlotte Douglas airport at 9:25 am and arrived at JFK International 80 minutes later with a uneventful flight. The kids were super excited and super nervous about, what was for 3 of them, their first flight. Jack was really anxious so we prayed together for travel mercies and his nerves. It thrilled my heart the way he automatically turned to pray in times of fear.
After a four hour layover and an hour delay, we were finally on our way out of the country. As we boarded the flight, I reminded the kids as they started down the walkway this was their last few steps on American soil for quite a while. It was a surreal feeling, as much of this has been.
After we were onboard the sweltering aircraft (had to have been 85 with dead air- sweltering), we sat for 2 hours never really understanding what the hold up was. We had a flight to catch from Beijing to Wuhan that we were not going to make, but we just had to trust it would all work out- even on the other side of the world.
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