Chelsea's Journey Down Under Has Begun

I do rejoice in the Lord today.

Having walked through several weeks that were beyond

hard and stressful 

I knew He never left.

When Georgia fell and broke her leg 

we wondered how this fit into the plan.

I wish I could tell you that we now know the answer.

We don't.

But I do know that strength has come from

our Heavenly Father to come as far as we have

in her healing and recovery.

It was our hope that the Rehab Hospital would hold onto

Georgia until after Chelsea was off so that I would be 

able to focus more on her and not have to leave her 

for the trip to the airport and a congregational meeting 

the next day at church.

That didn't happen.

But God did supply wonderful friends to visit with Georgia

while we were gone so that the time passed faster

and I was relieved of worry about a fall or a need that 

I wouldn't be able to meet.

This became especially important when we showed up to 

the airport in Baltimore to find that the flight Mom and Chelsea

were supposed to board had been cancelled.

After speaking with the woman at the counter

we found that they were rescheduled for a flight

six hours later.

Hmmph!

What to do now?

Well, it was so hot and humid that we knew it had to be 

something indoors.

So we headed to White Marsh Mall.

After lunch at a nearby 

Chick-fil-A

we headed to the mall proper.

No one felt like shopping but that was o.k.

It was cool and they had a Starbucks.

After some window shopping we 

enjoyed conversation, cookies and drinks

at a beautiful solid wood table in the cafe.

These stacked cups are holding Chelsea's

vaccine for Typhoid.

It needed to stay cold.

We weren't prepared for that with the delay.

Chelsea pointed out  that  the combination

of the cups made for a mixed message.

 And then they were off.

This later flight was delayed once again but only for a little 

bit and they made their connection in Chicago only to be 

stuck on the runway with 20 planes ahead of them

as soon as a storm passed by.

They had been up for 20 hours by the time they got to Seattle.

Two very tired ladies.

They got the shuttle to their hotel.

And finally got some sleep.

Chelsea wrote a post about their first day in Seattle.

http://www.chasingcadence.blogspot.com/2013/07/seattle.html

Then she next wrote when she was on the plane to Australia.

http://www.chasingcadence.blogspot.com/2013/07/thoughts-from-sky.html

We are so thankful for traveling mercies for both Mom and Chels.

Many people have played a part in making Chelsea's journey

possible.  We thank God for you.

I heard from her this morning to say that she is doing well.

She asks for prayers that she would settle in well.

It is always hard for her to make friends at first 

since she is so quiet but I know that she'll come out of this

experience with some deep and meaningful friendships.