Goodbye Philippines

Our flight is at 6:30, why do we have to leave for the airport at 3:00?  That soon became evident.  It's amazing how slow everything moves.  It took us about 1.5 hours to make it to the gate.  You also had to take all your bags through a security check to make it into the terminal, another security check to gain access to the gates and a third check to gain access to the Delta gates.  We had our fourth security check in Nagano  and a fifth one in Detroit.  That's a lot of security checks.

We were all pretty exhausted on the plane.  The teens had stayed up all night so they pretty much slept much of the trip.  I watched all 5 movies and occasionally dozed.  We are a pretty close group now.  On the plane we would talk and Megan and I took laps around the plane with Diann.  It was a less turbulent trip than the trip out which was nice.  I didn't enjoy the movies as much but how can you expect to enjoy all the movies someone is selecting for 500 different people.

We had another medical emergency on the way to Detroit calling for any doctors or those with medical experience.  This is similar to the event that occurred on the way out.  They did however have EMTs waiting for the flight and unloaded the passenger first.

It was sad saying goodbye to everyone in Detroit.  Half the group had to rush to make their connections and we sat around and talked with the Bloomington group for about an hour before it was our turn to leave.

It's good being home but we do miss the Philippines.  Especially the people and kids at LCP.  It was wonderful being with you.

Now to get back to normal routines.