And our journey begins

Wow as many times as we have made this journey we tend to forget the energy zapping flights. We started out in Wichita Sat 10 am. You should have seen us loud, crazy, excited. The energy was all around us. We arrived at the airport to have the Delta agent say I am not finding your reservations in our system. OH BOY a reminder of years past. After 2 hours trying to get everyone boarding passes we were off to go through security at the time the plane was boarding. Well God was with us at the expense of a bird. Our flight was delayed due to the flight coming in had hint a bird. So they were cleaning him off of the windshield. We had the opportunity to watch some of our luggage being loaded on the plane and then had the humor of Genda’s luggage falling off the belt 15 feet to the ground. She was not to happy. Then after we were all on board they announced the cargo bay was completely full and they were trying to rearrange luggage to make everything fit. So we were late leaving by an hour to Atlanta. Our connections this year were really close so we didn’t have any time to spare. We deplaned in Atlanta to find our next flight was also delayed on to Amsterdam. So that gave us a little time to make a few last minute phone calls, emails ect..and get our last bite of American foods. HAHA .We boarded our flight to Amsterdam with the airlines full intention to make a quick departure to make up for the delay. But then we sat on the plane for at least 30 more minutes doors closed waiting for them to get baggage on, then another 30 mins to get cleared for take-off. The flight was smooth and trouble free, until they announced we were arriving a couple hours late and we only had two hours to spare to begin with. So as we departed the plane we raced to our next fight to Entebbe to find them already boarding. No time to stop for anything. We were on we made it. Doors closed and they once again said we were leaving immediately. Ha stories they really like to tell stories. We sat and watched as they dropped one of the cargo boxes and the humorous antics to try to get it uprighted. Finally we were about to take off when we learned we were not going to Entebbe but making a pit stop in Kigali, Rwanda. The team has at this point taken to pillow fights in the cabin along with our blood shot eyes and clothes we have been wearing for well over 24 hours. We smell really pretty right now. I feel sorry for those people joining us on this leg of the journey. A new experience we just got to sit on the plane for an hour and wait for other passengers to board. Ok after almost on stop flying of 16 hours with a short walk from one plane to another in Amsterdam it was nice to just be able to get up a move for a few minutes. Another hour flight and Uganda watch out here comes the pink shirt swat team.