We have landed in Poland. Praise our Lord that we are here despite many obstacles along the first 24 hours of our Journey. Our flight into Chicago and transfer was late and we almost missed our flight -- it took 15 minutes to get our stroller out of gate check, then the train that runs between terminals at O'Hare was really slow and it took us 40 min to get to the new terminal just to get stuck in a long security line with 20 minutes until departure. We arrived at the gate 2 minutes after they should have taken off but they were still there and had not left (hmmm..wonder why -- thank Jesus). On the plane we were supposed to be separated by 8 rows and Cheryl was going to be by herself, but again jesus intervened and they had room to put us all together where Cheryl was seated so I was able to help with Preston during the flight. During the 9 hour flight Preston actually slept a great deal of the time despite the bassinet having a 25lb limit and he is 27lbs......We landed on time, got through customs easily and then waited for about 1 hour for our rental company to show up...Once they did we got our van but the cigarette lighter would not work (Not for cigarette use for us, but to power the GPS we so desperately need to get around this country). So for about 1 hour they tried to fix it finally changing some fuses and getting it all set. Off we went driving into Warsaw to Plock (our first destination). After about a 2 hour drive (everything road wise here is under construction and speed limits are low -- Like 40-60Km per hour the whole way -- that is roughly 25-36 mph the whole time. We got here and despite sleeping and very emotional kids we had some polish dinner and off to showers and bed we went.
Today we head to Hel Peninsula to meet up with Waldek, Ewa and Alex...Looking forward to bonding and having a great time with them for the next few days. Please continue to pray for our safety and that our funds hold out - the airport exchange was horrible and much less than we expected.....God will provide.....Thanks for your prayer - more updates as we have internet access.... Signing off from Plock @ 4:30am Poland time (Yep we are all up already and maybe try to rest for an hour before we take off)....
God Bless,
The Phillips Family
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