esmaspäev, jaanuar 10, 2005
We Are Here!
We are here in America now, and we are SO grateful for all of your prayers! Our trip was loooong but uneventful, and we thank God that there were no problems and for the angels He provided along the way.
Our first flight was a little commuter (I call it a putt-putt plane) flight from Tallinn to Helsinki. I sat next to a woman from Tallinn who was also on her way to NY, to visit her sister who lives there. She ended up being a big help with Peter at the Helsinki Airport and also on the flight to JFK! We exchanged contact information, so hopefully we will see her again when we are all back in Estonia.
I only got teary-eyed one time so far, and that was when someone at JFK recognized our Salvation Army uniforms. He let us skip the whole customs line and pass through right away. In Estonia, no one even knows what the Salvation Army is. That this man knew the uniform, even though we wear Ps rather than Ss, really made me feel quite emotional! (I am not telling that story very well, sorry!)
Right now we are staying with my cousin Reggie and his wife, Bea, and daughter, Cassandra (Casey) -- who is six months older than Elizabeth. Tonight we will play Cranium together!
My mother is okay. I have not had a lot of time to spend with her yet. We had supper at her house Saturday night, saw her at the corps Sunday morning, and had a little birthday party for Chris (15 years old!) Sunday night.
We are doing alright with jet lag, but it sure is hard on Peter especially. He thinks it is very strange that people stay up so late in America! (7:00 at night here is 2:00 in the morning in Estonia!)
Please keep praying. It is good we are here.
Evelyn
Our first flight was a little commuter (I call it a putt-putt plane) flight from Tallinn to Helsinki. I sat next to a woman from Tallinn who was also on her way to NY, to visit her sister who lives there. She ended up being a big help with Peter at the Helsinki Airport and also on the flight to JFK! We exchanged contact information, so hopefully we will see her again when we are all back in Estonia.
I only got teary-eyed one time so far, and that was when someone at JFK recognized our Salvation Army uniforms. He let us skip the whole customs line and pass through right away. In Estonia, no one even knows what the Salvation Army is. That this man knew the uniform, even though we wear Ps rather than Ss, really made me feel quite emotional! (I am not telling that story very well, sorry!)
Right now we are staying with my cousin Reggie and his wife, Bea, and daughter, Cassandra (Casey) -- who is six months older than Elizabeth. Tonight we will play Cranium together!
My mother is okay. I have not had a lot of time to spend with her yet. We had supper at her house Saturday night, saw her at the corps Sunday morning, and had a little birthday party for Chris (15 years old!) Sunday night.
We are doing alright with jet lag, but it sure is hard on Peter especially. He thinks it is very strange that people stay up so late in America! (7:00 at night here is 2:00 in the morning in Estonia!)
Please keep praying. It is good we are here.
Evelyn
