Vision Trip Report #1

Thursday, July 17 – What a send-off we got at the airport at L.A.!  There were about 25 family and friends there sending 22 of us off, the most of any past Vision tour.  Their love is greatly appreciated.  Pastor Dan Harmon prayed for the team after we all got checked in and sent our luggage through security.    Praise God all of us got boarding passes including our connecting flight from Munich to Belgrade.  Czrilla was the only one who had a problem initially getting her connecting flight boarding pass, but Eugene Cheng on the third try was able to secure her connecting flight boarding pass.  Thanks for praying, we could tell it made a difference already.  When we got in line to go through final security check, someone noticed that Brian Chioy's boarding pass had his brother's name, Brandon, on it.  Furthermore, they were both given the same seats on the airplane, but a quick trip to the ticket counter corrected the problem and Brian was able to get his own boarding passes.   We left LA about 30 minutes late but with the help of a strong tail wind, actually arrived in Munich 15 minutes early, We also left Munich about 30 minutes late and arrived in Belgrade a little late.  Nena, Betty, Wahpui and Ellen had left LA a day earlier so they greeted us at the Belgrade airport.  We are so thankful – to be sent off from LA and greeted in Belgrade!  They bought snacks which we ate on the bus, arriving in Leskovac at about 1:35 AM.   Friday, July 18 – We finally went to bed about 3 AM after settling in hoping to sleep in.  Meiring forgot to reset her alarm clock so woke up when the sun rose and said it is almost 10 AM (but it was really 10 PM LA time and 7 AM Serbia time!)  We ate a light breakfast and had hamburgers for lunch.  We will be going to Vrnjacka Banja, the place where they have the carnival, after lunch to sing at the church at 6 PM and at the carnival at 8 PM.  Praise God for a good night (although short) rest.  Most of us are quite refreshed. You can catch up on any missing items by going to http://visionchoir.blogspot.com