It's 4AM your time, and we are in Frankfurt, will leave shortly for the last leg of the journey to Ghana. Our flight out of Knoxville was delayed, but with a dash to the next gate was successful.

Our group now numbers 22, with two joining us in Philly. We're expecting one more joining us here in Frankfurt.

James
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We were thankful we only had an hour delay after having our flight cancelled 3 years ago. Paul found a woman in the men's bathroom in the airport here and Laurie found a man in the ladies' bathroom. Oh, and there were many people having sushi and beer for breakfast (8:00am local time.) Interesting place-Frankfurt.
It was wonderful to just get on the plane and finally sit and not have another giant project looming in the next few hours or days.
We are excited about getting to Ghana and renewing friendships with lots of teachers, preachers, house parents, and kids. We just have to get used to this time change!
jean
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so here is my version of the adventure thus far to germany... our plane to philly was delayed and delayed out of knoxville. it was suppose to leave at 3:45. we left at 5:00. we quite literally power walked like a bunch of grannies in wal-mart to get to out next gate which connected us to germany... rewind. in knoxville i had a window seat and happen to notice some disturbances outside of the plane, not all the luggage would fit on the plane. i glance around and i realize that i was a winner... my suitcase had not made it on. fastforward...power walking through the airport and realizing that my luggage is still in knoxville...i now sit in germany unsure of where exactly my clothes are, which is fine. it's all in God's hands and always has been. its roughly 4:30 am on my body time and i slept about an hour last night... keep praying.
melynne