finally here

this is my story for the last day and a half. me and my parents left our family reunion to stay the night in a hotel near detroit, MI. we relaxed and watched the basketball game on tv. then we woke up early and went to the airport. finally, the start of my journey.

i left at 9 in the morning and finally arrived in santiago, Dominican Republic at 7 at night. my flights were great. my first from detroit to chicago lasted less than half an hour. as soon as we were up we were landing.

after an hour and half layover, which i spent checking out books in the terminal store, i was on my way to miami. i sat next to a really nice girl named katy, who slept the entire flight. luckily for me this was a 777, just newly placed to this route and each seat had its own tv screen and i watched some weird movie with edward norton who was a scientist trying to cure cholera in some chinese city. oh well, at the end of the fight katy woke up and we talked until the flight landed.

in miami i had to walk forever to get to my next plane. sitting there reading i all of a sudden heard someone say, "hey you!" lisa engle, a missionary from the dominican, was aparently on the same flight i was. thank heaven. now i didn't feel quite as lost as before. we talked and boarded the plane and talked some more. the last flight finally was taking place. i was in the air on my way to the dominican republic.

we got through the airport. waited while it downpoured until we were picked up. i dropped all of my stuff off at the apartment i will be staying at until my missionary Will comes with the keys to the apartment i will be staying at for the rest of the summer.

now jen, jackie, lisa, hannah, and i are relaxing and spending my first night watching a movie. yes we have power and water. there aren't furnishings like in the states and you can't drink the water actually. but hey, it's gonna be home. for a few months anyway. talk to you all soon.