And We Begin...

19/12/2008
9:05am-Miami, USA

We left Caronport at about 9:00am I think, and went on the road towards Regina. Pastor Rick
gave us each $5 American to bless someone anywhere, anytime on our trip, and I thought that
was a really neat idea. We arrived at the airport, all of us eager to go. Only about 15 of us were going today, and then the other 5 or so would come later.

We went through customs and all of our begs were checked through and everything, and we were on our way to Bolivia! Anxious and excited, we sat in a little airport waiting room as Paul wasn't able to find his passport, which is apparently kind of important! About thirty minutes in, I wanted to take a picture of something. I was very sure to bring everything I needed, but I couldn’t find my camera! I looked through all my pockets but where was it? I told Ev that I couldn’t find it and she went down back through customs with me and we looked around on the seats that we sat at before. No such luck. I called the Mitchells, to ask if I left it in their car, but there was no answer. It was either at the airport somewhere, or it was with them. I was praying for the best. Luckily, Paul found his passport, and we began our journey...

We took off from Regina at around 3:00pm to Calgary yesterday. There were delays and when we flew
from Calgary to Las Vegas, we ended up being two hours late! Those Americans weren't impressed when we were so late for our flight. We ran all through the giant airport to get to our terminal... It could have been our gate... We ran lots to get somewhere anyhow! We were all exhausted, and didn’t really know where we were going. We were finally there! We ended up in a line for another 10 minutes before boarding the plane. It was nice to relax a little. I bought a nice refreshing drink from a big tall black man with a thick American accent. He sounded like he was from New York, but what do I know?

So we've been in either an airport or a plane for the past 16 hours or so, so we're pretty well
acquainted now. I’m still not very fond of taking off a sweater, a hat, sunglasses, regular glasses,
shoes, key chains, pens, and my carry-on every time I go through the airport though... and
then putting it all back on as quickly as I can in order to make it to the next plane in time. I believe we're just over half way there now. Good thing I like planes. :)

Miami is hot! We went from about -20 degrees to +20 degrees in those 16 hours. We still have at
lest 10 degrees more when we get to Santa Cruz. We're out in a nice little garden with palm trees
and other foreign plants. It's getting a bit windy, but it's a 40 degree increment, so that's a pleasant change. I enjoyed playing with my diabolo with Matty in this little garden just now. I'm glad I sort of know how so I can have fun passing time. Well, time to line up for our next flight! We're all SO excited to see Ken and his Bolivian boys at his place. After all we’ve done as a team to get this far, it’s exciting to know what I’m a part of.