Monday, January 19, 2009

We made it to Colombia!!!

After a night of absolutely no sleep (we were cleaning house and doing some final touches), we are actually here! Our families met us at the airport bright and early this morning to see us off. That was really a comfort to us. They were all nice enough to watch our luggage while we dosed lightly. Our flights went very smoothly today. We were able to sleep for about an hour on our first flight which gave us just enough energy to wait for the next plane. Atlanta is a HUGE airport! We had to ride a train to get to our terminal. We had about four hours to kill so we cruised around on the tram to get familiar with the airport. The plane ride to Bogota was great. We were both exhausted and slept for about 2 hours of the flight. When we arrived in Bogota we got off the plane and were herded to the immigration area. It actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. It took us about 20 minutes to get through the check points. We gave them our passports, they stamped them, then we went to another room that had our luggage in it. After we got through the luggage check (they didn’t even open it – we were surprised), we went outside and found Andres who was holding up a sign with our name on it. He flagged down a cab and took us to La Zuetana. From the time we landed to the time we got into our room was only about an hour! It all happened so fast.
We don’t have any idea at this point what the plan is for tomorrow. Once Andres got us in the Bed and Breakfast he split. Our little room is nice. Actually at this point, I could probably sleep up against a wall if I had to. It’s been a hectic couple of days. Well, I think I’ll stop with that. I feel like I’m rambling. We are safe, happy, and very ready to go to bed. Thank you all for your continued prayers. They have definitely been answered! When we post next, hopefully it will be from Pereira! Good night too all.

2 comments:

Wendi and Benjamin Wood said...

woohoo! One step (well, many steps, I suppose!) closer to those beautiful children! We are excited for you! Congratulations!

dbomoni said...

Glad to hear you made it! We are extremely excited to follow your blog. Skype us anytime...after you wake up. :)