A Warm Welcome Home

It was so wonderful to be greeted by familiar - smiling faces - knowing that we had been prayed for and thought about for for over the past two weeks. Our final leg of the trip started early Friday morning in eSikhawini - we awoke to no water - not a drop - but God's love was overflowing. We had to part with our dear friends and it did cause us to shed a tear or two. We drove to Durban - returned the vans - and speedily checked in as a group. We hopped on the plane at 10:25 am and took off at 10:30! Whew - that was close. We landed in Johannesburg shortly after and had a long layover - we shopped, ate, slept, and reminisced with our teammates. Later that evening we hopped on an 11 hour flight to London Heathrow. We were all antsy by the time we started circling in air around London. We saw all of the "sights" - Big Ben, the Eye, the Palace, etc. from the air. We weren't allowed to land until the airport was officially open after it had been shut down due to the bomb threats. We of course - thought that it was quite silly that the airport was closed - but we had no idea about what had happened they day before - we have been "out of the loop" on world events. Security was TIGHT in London and several of us were searched - but we all made it through. We spent some time doing our final shopping at the duty free stores - gathering up Aerobars (shelly shared hers with me on the plane - thank you) - and taking a showers for a mere 3 pounds! We gathered together for a final prayer - and then took our last flight into Detroit Metro. We arrived at the McNamara Building and spent quite a bit of time working our way through passport control, collecting our luggage, and U.S. customs. When we came through the doors we were greeted by our friends and families. I felt myself begin to tear up as the last two weeks hit me in the chest - yes -GOD had DONE a work through us and in us. He is FAITHFUL to the end.