Here is a recap as short as possible: wake at 4:30 am, depart hotel 6:30 am, once again check 50 bags weighing 50 lbs each, board flight on time(ish), sit on runway one hour, return to airport and deplane. Delta will now invite me to stand at their gate desks until finally we depart the airport at 6:30 pm to go to a courtyard Marriott the airline has selected only to be told on arrival they will not honor hotel or meal vouchers.
The students and I are stuck in a vortex of mishaps. I honestly started to cry once or twice, but the students would see my distress and buck me up. Rachel, an amazing young AFS volunteer and Patti, an AFs director, have been so much help. You will see the kids saying goodbye to Rachel before we got on the ill-fated flight today in the video below. However, Rachel had showed up tonight at the hotel and will help me tomorrow at the airport. Luckily we are without luggage ( of course that means same clothes as yesterday!)
If you are the praying sort, please say a little one for us that we will make it to NY tomorrow and on to Accra for 15 of us (business class thanks to my pleading) and 10 going unaccompanied to Accra via Amsterdam on KLM. If all goes well we arrive at 1 pm and 8pm on Tueday in GHANA!
In spite of all this complaining, we are all going to start our day tomorrow by sharing what blesses us. That will give us a good start!
Jackie in Business Class, she hopes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fuIIMLG7Yw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fuIIMLG7Yw
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