First of all, I want to say thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes. It's always nice to know that so many people are thinking of you.
Well...my birthday was an eventfull day that needs to be blogged about. The original plans were to help with a party at Mike's house for the youth and then fly out to Tarija in southern Bolivia that night. The party went off without a hitch. We were afraid it was going to rain but it appeard to hold off (at least until I left.) We served spagetti for the party. While I was stirring the spagetti sauce, it decided to bubble up and get me. A nice, steaming hot blob of sauce caught the frontside of two of my fingers. OUCH! I tried to take pictures but I can't seem to get one that shows the true color.
Well I had to leave the party at 7 (which convienently was the same time that we were to start eating.) I didn't get any spagetti. We got to the airport and everything seemed to be in order. Had Subway, first American food in 2 months! Anyways, the plane was late but thats nothing new. When we finally got on the plane, we took off only to turn around 5 minutes later and land back at the airport. The pilot explained the problem (didn't do me any good, I don't know Spanish). I had to call a missionary and hand the phone to the airline attendant. So I waited in the terminal for 2 1/2 hrs for them to fix the plane. It didn't happen. Finally, they came and said that we were going to have to come back for the flight at 6:30 in the morning.
As I was waiting for my luggage to come off the plane, I found out that my neighbors were coming out to pick up someone else from the airport who were flying in from Miami. So I waited with them for a ride home. We didn't get out of there until 1:30 in the morning. The other problem was this. Usually the day flights leave from another airport and we didnt have anyway of getting ahold of anyone to confirm which one until 5:30 in the morning. By that time I had 3 hrs of sleep and I would of been pushing it to get to the airport in time. I'd had enough, so I stayed back and here I am now wishing I was in Tarija and wondering if I will get a refund.
It was a long night.
Jon
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Hey Jon,
Did you hear Dan & Peggy are leaving Cochabamba? Dan got elected in as missionary superintendant for the CCCU demoninaton. I don't know if our trip is on yet or not.
Sounds like you're having an interesting time there.
Hey Jon,
You mentioned Miami! Woot! The whole plane ordeal does not sound fun, though. When you say you don't speak Spanish do you mean you aren't fluent or that you speak no Spanish? I am picking words and phrases back up here in Miami, but as most people speak both Spanish and English, its easy to fall into only speaking English. Anyway, take care!
Jenaya
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