Monday, August 3, 2009

So, how do we tell you about our trip so far. Our flight from Austin to Dallas was fine, but our flight out of Dallas was rain delayed 1.5 hours.

We arrived in Heathrow on Saturday, but we missed our connecting flight to Bangalore. We were rebooked to fly out of a different airline in the evening. We used a voucher for dinner, and after dinner, when Deonne went in to use the bathroom, someone stole her travel purse from the bathroom stall with her passport, money, ipod, etc. And from there, it just goes downhill.

We missed our flight out to Bangalore because we were waiting for the police that did not show up. Though we were 15 minutes early to board, the plane was already sealed. We were supposed to be there 1 hour early. But as it turned out, we couldn't fly anyway without a passport and visa.
Fast forward to today (Monday). Deonne did get a replacement for her passport, but the Indian Visa is a different story. Its too long to descibe here, but please pray that the authorities at the Indian consulate will grant her a visa before the end of this week. If not, she will return to Austin. That is not our plan. We can only trust God in His sovereign grace that there is a purpose behind all of this. But for now, we sure feel whipped. We did get to see London together. I will continue to Bangalore on Tuesday. My hope is to see Deonne this weekend.

PS: The Mac computer is broken. It too stopped working at the Heathrow airport. We found an Apple store in London today, but the earliest they could look at it was Thursday. The guy at the store said this was a busy time of year for them. A lot of travellers coming in with Mac problems.

1 comment:

Red Rock said...

It is thursday night in Austin. I have not heard any news but am hopeful that things are better. It is difficult to interpret the circumstances but God has a plan, we just may not know how these 'detours' are a part of His plan. I hope you are both well and you are able to accomplish your 'mission'. We are looking forward to your return and report of the whole trip.

Dale & Mb