We arrived!! First of all, let me say that we have a GREAT and FAITHFUL God. He was surely with us the entire way! The girls did great! We only had a one episode to remember. Gwen fell asleep before we left the Indianapolis airport...she woke up for the last 15 minutes of the flight. Praise the Lord! Adalynn was super...she kept saying, "Adalynn on an airplane!".
Adalynn playing with the ipod, which she NEVER gets to do!
Once we got into Washington DC we found our gate and then decided to get one last burger before we left the States. We found a quite place to enjoy Five Guys Burgers. Gwen fell asleep in the stroller and we all enjoyed a peaceful lunch.
Finally 4pm came around and we boarded our flight. We were all comfortable, Adalynn finally fell asleep and Gwen fell asleep. We were ready for take off. Well apparently the plane was not. There was some light on that had to be cleared by maitenence before we could take off. It took an hour and then after an hour they decided we needed to switch planes. So we all got off the plane, both girls were both awake by now, and went to another gate and waited.
Finally we boarded another plane. Adalynn was hungry and Gwen was tired. Gwen fell asleep and then we sat and waited for another 30 minutes until the flight actually took off. Gwen was awake by now but did pretty good. The story gets better...They started to pass out our dinner...we had three meals, each on a tray, Gwen was crying...hard, and Adalynn was starving. Philip took Gwen into the bathroom where no one could hear her cry and I proceeded to feed Adalynn. Adalynn ate some bites and then all the sudden threw up...everywhere. I kept pushing my stewardess button, but it was broken so I took Adalynn's clothes off (pjs) and took her to the bathroom to wipe her down. Poor girl. She doesn't have a good track record for throwing up on her trips to Russia. Needless to say we had to throw away her cute little cat pjs. That is the end of our eventful trip. We made it safe and sound to Moscow where Kerry picked us up and we made the 3 1/2 hour trip back to Vladimir...it was a LONG ride:)
We don't have the internet at our house until the beginning of September so I will update more then! Thanks again for your prayers, love, and support!
Blessings,
Philip, Kara, Adalynn, and Gwen
Wow. That's a tough ride
ReplyDeleteGlad y'all got to Russia safely, tho.
I will be praying for you guys.
- Emily
Thank you for taking the time to post this! We were all curious as to how the plane ride went! Are the girls' sleeping schedules getting to be normal? I hope you're enjoying your own apartment! Post again soon!
ReplyDeleteloved the updated. However, after reading the first sentence or two I did not expect what was to come later in your story. I would actually say that it was a pretty rough flight. So glad you are there and settling though. Jai You to you and Philip for your awesome attitudes of praise! Love the picture of all your bags lined up there in front of your home! Can't WAIT to talk to you!!! I am eagerly awaiting the beginning of September!
ReplyDeleteSO glad to hear this. and poor cat PJs. ;( thinking and praying for you all. kisses to my girls. love you!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are back. Blessings
ReplyDeleteSO glad to hear it! I'll be doing that same DC - Moscow flight in a week!
ReplyDeleteHi from your Croatia GP colleagues that you've never met - Chris and Wendy England. This is just Wendy actually - I've been reading your last few blog posts. It looks like we returned to Croatia about the same time you returned to Russia. We ate at that same 5 guys just 3 months ago when we returned Stateside and we were so wishing for one in Chicago last week. We have Russia in our hearts as well as we both helped at the youth camp ions ago now. I look forward to meeting you guys someday! Wishing you all the best!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Wendy! We have heard wonderful things about you all! Hope we meet soon! Praying for you all! If you read this please add us to your updates (pkgormong@gmail.com)!
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