We have made it
through the first leg of our flights—Kansas City to San Francisco… however,
that is as far as we have made it. As it turns out, making it to a terminal
without a gate number takes more than two and a half hours… Kels and I missed
our connecting flight to Seoul, Korea… by five minutes. I find it funny how God
prepares us for these types of things. I have been reading Pilgrim’s Progress,
and thinking about how all instances in life are just drawing us closer to the “Celestial
Kingdom.” Everything we go through is preparing us for Eternity. So, when we
missed the flight, I was upset, but I also thought to myself “What is God doing
here?” After missing our flight, Asiana Airlines explained that we had to go to
United Airlines to change our tickets, so we walked across the whole airport to
the Domestic side to speak with UA (United Airlines). Once we made it to UA,
they explained that they could not do anything, because the tickets were
through AA (Asiana Airlines). We walked back across the airport to the
international side to speak with AA, and found that they had left for the day,
but we could call them… this was unfruitful, and they basically explained that
we were responsible for missing the flight and they could get us on the next
flight tomorrow for an extra fee. I hung up the phone still thinking, “What the
crap is God doing here?” We decided to speak with the international UA desk to
see if they could help—enter Ana. We explained our situation to Ana, and she at
first explained that she could not do anything, because AA had “control” of the
tickets—she could sell us new tickets, but that would be pricey. Kels and I broke down a little bit and we didn’t
know what to do. Ana seemed very empathetic and said she would go speak to
someone and see what she could do. At this point, I realized that Asiana
Airlines did not have control of our tickets… God had control of our tickets.
Kels and I prayed like crazy, and yes, worried a little bit (God forgive us).
When Ana returned, she had a partner with her—they spoke back in forth in crazy
airport jargon: “type in T-Eir, sigma 3.” After much work (about an hour and a
half), the tickets were in the control of UA, and they changed the flights to
tomorrow with no charge. Ana asked us if we were going on vacation, and we
explained that we were going to serve with some missionaries in a children’s
home in Cambodia, and she said, “Oh good. I am glad I helped, since it was for
a good cause.” In the end, Ana did way more than she was required to do for us,
and was a huge blessing with her attitude. We pray blessings for her and thank
God that He sent her to us. We are now going to be leaving for Seoul in the morning
and getting to Phnom Penh the same time as we would have today, but instead
tomorrow. I still don’t quite know what God is doing, but I know He has a plan
for each and every circumstance we are going through, and I am excited to see
in the end how His hands were all over this. That’s all for now… keep on
praying for us, and we miss you guys all ready!
BecauseHeLives,
Micah and Kelsi
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