Friday, July 8 - This was probably the largest group of family and friends who came to the airport to see us off. We were humbled and thrilled by this show of support. By the time we got in line to check in at about 7:30 PM, the last Vision member had arrived so we were able to all check in together. After checking in, Pastor Tom prayed for us and after a few more minutes, Jessica Cheng and Alex Yeh arrived soon after, having driven all the way from Riverside to see us off. Debbie Lock who happened to be in LA from Arizona even came to see us off. Pastor Dan Harmon than prayed for us, we took a group picture and sang "O Praise Ye to the Lord (Cantate Domino)", after which several of the passengers sitting nearby came to chat with us. Again, the Lord showed us that music is a wonderful tool for breaking down barriers. We then passed through security with no problems at all, praise the Lord! While waiting at the departure area, we were informed that our flight is going to be delayed 30 minutes (we actually left about an hour late), but because we were no longer going to stop in Honolulu, we arrived in Manila more than 2 hours earlier than planned, so we have no problems making the Jakarta flight connection. The flight was a little turbulent toward the last hour or so of the flight so some of us were queasy and skipped breakfast on the plane, but God showed His graciousness to us by giving everyone in the group a free pass for breakfast at the Cafe France in the airport. We spent a few minutes to pray in small groups and thanked God for the uneventfulness of the trip so far then went to eat our free breakfast. We made it to Jalarta with no problems, aothough Janine was stopped at the customs office and one of her luggage (which contained all the soap) was opened. They sniffed at the soap and one customs lady even opened up a tube of toothpaste and smelled it to make sure it was toothpaste. When I explained it was for the orphans, they let us go. We thank God that they did not open up any of the other doaen suitcases because we would really have a hard time explaining why we were bringing in all that soap and toothpastes. We met up with about ten of the tweleve students including their director and sang together for a few minutes and went through the rules of behavior for the team. We then ate a nice dinner with a few of the parents and of these kids and sang a short program to them. Alice and Andrew shared why the joined Vision again this year. We then returned to our dorm rooms to rest up for the night, a well deserved rest since most of us were really tired, having slept about 4 to 6 hours over the last 40 hours.
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