On our way!!!

What a morning!

The short story is that we managed to get on the plane from London to Paris. We are now at the airport in Paris waiting for our connection to Cotonou. Praise God for getting us here - it was a close call!

The long story is that we arrived at the airport with slightly heavy bags and were told the airline was incredibly strict (80 Euros per bag over the limit by even 2kg) so we spent some time redistributing things. We then went to a special check-in desk (Business Class!) because we had charity tickets. The lady there asked for proof that we were actually working for a charity. Did not know we needed that. Doh. After a few long discussions; we established that there was no way they would let us on the plane until we had provided a document on headed paper proving that we were with a charity. Lots of earnest prayers were sent up. Our wonderful friend Pat started making frantic phone calls and after about 30 minutes, we finally managed to get hold of someone who works for AFM in the UK (the Americans were all asleep!), he wrote a letter and emailed it through, then I emailed it to the check-in lady. She went to print it but was having printer problems. Etienne tried to help but verified that the printer was not fixable! After a few more emails, the check-in lady agreed to check us in and print the document later for their records. Thank you Air France for your grace!

After a very hurried goodbye, we ran through security and made it to the gate well on time!

The devil is really on a mission to stop us it would seem. But he has already lost. God is all powerful and totally faithful - He has never let us down and He never will. Thank you all for your prayers and even if you are not sure if you believe in God, please pray for us!!!

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will REST in the shadow of the Almighty." We rest in His capable arms :-)