We're at the airport and on our way to Moldova

Hi friends,

Thanks so much for all your prayers and support!  This morning we woke up at 4:30, got ready and loaded the jeep.  My mother in law Joyce, sister in law Diana, and the two of us headed to Columbus to the airport.  When we arrived at the airport we learned that we would have to pay $200 for our extra checked bag.  Ugh…  We knew we would have to pay something, but hoped it would not be that much.  In addition, the gate agent was very strict on our weight and so we had to rearrange some things and put them in our carry-ons instead of under the plane.   Meanwhile, Joyce is making circles around the airport to avoid TSA until we are finally through the long process of checking our bags.   Next we get our carry -ons up to the counter only to learn that one is too large…  I know I was warned of this, but it worked out!  There was a different agent at the ticketing counter and she gate checked our bag for us and did not charge us any more money.  She didn’t even mind that it was a little overweight.  Praise the LORD!  So, that brings our total for the trip up to $347 which is still much cheaper than any other way we could have gotten to Moldova. 

I am a little “worried” about meeting our transportation driver once we reach Bucharest.  He will not speak English and will be holding a sign with our names on it.  We don’t pay him until we arrive in Moldova at our missionaries home.  Seven hours in the van (depending on how long the boarder check takes) with a driver with whom we can not communicate.  Fun!   The missions experience has officially begun!