Saying Goodbye...

So yesterday was probably the hardest day of this whole trip, I had to say goodbye to my family. I'll cry just writing this out but I just realize how incredibly blessed I am to have such a loving family who supports me in all that God is doing in my life. My flight was suppose to take off at 5 pm but then was delayed till 8 pm so that meant more time with my parents and Kandace. And around 6:30 pm I went through to my gate looking behind to see my family waving me off. At first it was really tough just feeling nervous about the connecting flight issues and things like that. The plane ended up not leaving until around 8:30 pm which meant we weren't landing till 4:30am your time (9:30 London time) . It was a great flight, I slept the entire way which was good! My parents and I realized I had to change airports once I got into London which was crazy and took forever. So by the time I went through customs, checked out my luggage, took a 90 minutes bus ride to Heathrow, and went to check in here it was already 12 (London time). So now I am waiting till 4 (LT) to check in my luggage. I saw this little internet cafe and thought I would stop on in. London is really quaint. It's like huge patches of beautiful land with gorgeous homes, just so spread out. I was hoping to travel around London but I would have to carry all my luggage which would definetely not work. So I take off at 7:30 pm(LT) for Johanessburg, South Africa. Crazy! I will not get in until 8 am thier time (6 hours ahead of you). And that is where I will definetely meet the crew and we will all be in Malawi at noon tomorrow (South Africa Time)...lol so confusing! I wanted to say thank you to all of those who sent my Mom a letter for me to read while on my trip. My mom gave me one for everyday which was amazing. I already am enjoying them. I will say one thing talking about this trip is one thing and doing it is another, it's been harder emotionally but easier physically than I thought. Well I am going to go to the cafe upstairs and have some lunch while I wait to check in. Thank you all for your prayers but please keep them coming! I will probably not be able to get on here for another two weeks...ahhh...thats so exciting. I can't wait to see what stories I have to share. Well, I love and miss you all.