Your prayers were answered. The trip yesterday went very, very well. I had packed bags without regard to weight limits and thankfully the heaviest bags were all just under 50 pounds. The security was kind but tight. The opened all the bags with medical equipment and medicine and inspected it carefully. Understandable when you have 10 carry on bags full of medicine and equipment.
This flight was the first for Jacob (that he can remember). It was fun watching him look out the window. While eating lunch he looked out the window and said, "Pretty neat being able to sit hear and eat while you look outside." When we landed, the assistance at the Monterrey airport was the best of the three. The young man pushing Melody's chair was very gentle. Turns out he lived for a while in Birminghan. AL and spoke English with an Alabama accent. He rounded up another young man who piled up our bags and carried them through customs. Everyone was very friendly. As our bags were being inspected one older Mexican gentleman spoke to the customs agent to make sure that she understood everything I had said about while we had all this stuff. Helpful and friendly folks.
Priscila, Rafael and Marta met us after we came through customs. Rafael and Marta are the parents of the assistant pastor at Priscila's church (I do not know him, but the church is pastored by Jorge Alaman, who went to RTS in Charlotte.) The last leg of the trip from the aiport to the hotel also went very smoothly. It was about 45 minutes. We arrived to very comfortable rooms that Priscila had already stocked with food. Having food in the rooms was very helpful because we were too tired to eat out. The body of Chris is truly amazing. We closed our time with a prayer from Rafael. I'd never met this brother and there he is helping us and genuinely caring for us because we are his brothers and sister in Christ.
We spoke to the kids back home and all was well there, which was of course comforting (though not unexpected). Today we meet with Dr. Cantu at 4:00PM. I will also run a few errands to get us further settled in.
