A Hitch In Our Giddy-Up

Togo Update:
Never left Tampa…
Mechanical issues with the plane. First the AC, then an issue with a piece of equipment on the ground needed to start the engines. When they had all of that fixed, we got on the plane a second time and a couple of passengers said they smelled “gas” from the AC vents, so “out of an abundance of caution” the canceled our flight and took the plane out of service a little after midnight.
Leaving Tampa 8pm today. Arriving in Lome 830pm Tuesday.
Tight connections in both London and Paris – both about an hour and a half from arrival to departure.
With the general difficulty (minor annoyances with the Visa, TSA, gate changes and carry-on luggage) we had beforehand, plus the 1/2 hour roasting on a plane that was already late before being deplaned, having to rebook the Paris connection for 20hrs later, getting back on the plane, deplaned again, waiting in line listening to a ticket agent meltdown over the speaker about the hopelessness of the situation, finally getting rebooked after 30 minutes on the phone, getting repeated replies for 20 minutes that there were no hotels available, having an Uber driver cancel on us and finally arriving at a hotel at 2am that we have to vacate at noon sending us back to the airport at 1pm for an 805pm flight, I feel that we have probably filled our quota of mishaps…🤷
Still blessed to have all of our 1st world problems of recovering all our luggage, lugging it to a hotel and up to a room, rummaging through them all to locate changes of clothes, Laura’s Farmacy, toiletry items, etc. And with the expectation of shuttling them all back to the airport and checking them again, going through the visa checking, hanging out for 7 hours for the next flight, looking for food we can eat (Laura’s diet restrictions and my recent intestinal distress) and starting this whole process again we are humbly reminded that we are blessed to have all of these problems on a trip to be a part of what GOD is accomplishing in Togo!
Keep praying!