Tomorrow we leave for Atlanta, then Brazil! I have packed my two check-in bags, one with school supplies, toys, and other materials for the children in Brazil, the other with my personal items, including work gloves, knee pads, clothes, one pound of beef jerky, a box of pop tarts, granola bars (just in case I get tired of black beans and rice), a tripod, 3 kids of battery chargers with power strip, more candy for the Brazilian kids, 500 quart-size zip-lock baggies, Ammonium AD, Tums, Advil, band aids, well - you get the idea. It's amazing how quickly you can pack 50 lbs. of "necessities!"
My carry-on bag (wow it's big - I hope it makes it as a carry-on!) is full of more clothes, and my camera bag (with digital and video cameras, microphones, tapes, etc.). I will also be carrying on a laptop as my "personal item" so I can continue to communicate with the blog while in Brazil.
When you add it all up, I'm taking about 160 lbs. of luggage into Brazil! No wonder the airline tickets are so expensive!
For tracking our flights, check out these links:
For Wichita to Atlanta (departs 3:30PM) click here
For Atlanta to Rio, Brazil (departs 8:40PM) click here
Note: the International flight will only have complete information as long as the flight in in the US.
Stay tuned for more information and pictures. I don't know exactly when I will be able to post again, but you can bet it will be as soon as I can!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Arrival
Wednesday's Pictures
Just a quick entry: we made it to Brazil! I am currently on my laptop in the pastor's office enjoying his high-speed wireless Internet connection, waiting on lunch to be ready (10 minutes - I better hurry).
We met the group from San Jose in Atlanta as planned, then boarded a Delta 767 to Brazil. I really wanted to sit in the big leather seats at the front of the plane (the ones that laid back completely flat into a bed, and had their own lcd tv, and plenty of room, etc.), but they said my ticket was $1,000 too short to sit there. So AJ and I sat in a roomy 18" seat towards the back of the plane. Like row 38 of the back of the plane. With 3.4" of legroom part of the plane. You get the idea. Sleep was more a dozing proposition than a voluntary activity.
Well, lunch is about to be served. After lunch it's orientation time, then a quick trip to the church. I'll post more later, with pictures!
Mark
Just a quick entry: we made it to Brazil! I am currently on my laptop in the pastor's office enjoying his high-speed wireless Internet connection, waiting on lunch to be ready (10 minutes - I better hurry).
We met the group from San Jose in Atlanta as planned, then boarded a Delta 767 to Brazil. I really wanted to sit in the big leather seats at the front of the plane (the ones that laid back completely flat into a bed, and had their own lcd tv, and plenty of room, etc.), but they said my ticket was $1,000 too short to sit there. So AJ and I sat in a roomy 18" seat towards the back of the plane. Like row 38 of the back of the plane. With 3.4" of legroom part of the plane. You get the idea. Sleep was more a dozing proposition than a voluntary activity.
Well, lunch is about to be served. After lunch it's orientation time, then a quick trip to the church. I'll post more later, with pictures!
Mark
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