In Guate...finally!

We left Raleigh at 6am on Saturday morning which meant we had to be at the airport around 4:30! We flew to Atlanta and knew we would have a little bit of a layover...but it ended up being a long layover! We were supposed to leave at 9:50. We ended up leave about 2 hours late because of plane difficulties and having to get a new plane. During our wait, we were called to the desk to check-in...strange since we already had our boarding passes. We had checked our bags all the way through in Raleigh and he had asked about those bags, then gave us new boarding passes and told us to use them.

At first, I was bummed since we were supposed to have the exit row (read: more leg room) and I knew the flight was totally booked. So, we graciously took the new seats and were just glad that it seemed our bags were going to be making it. After sitting down, we realized that we had been given (upgraded) to Business Class! We couldn't believe it!

We were called onto the airplane, had feather pillows and blankets waiting for us, and a VERY nice staff to get us anything we needed. We were like kids! Apparently, the new plane had a Business Class section that the normal planes that are use to go to Guatemala do not have so a lot of us in Business Class were definitely out of our comfort zone! There was a mission team and some of their team was upgraded. What a fun experience!

We realized that our seats reclined in about 50 different ways. We had a personalized lamp, our own movie screen that played not only movies, but games, tv shows, music, and a map of where we were with all the information about the trip...it even had a remote! We had so much leg room, you couldn't even kick the seat in front of you!

The stewardesses kept asking if we wanted anything. At one point, they even came by to get our lunch order! (Pasta or Beef) We heard later that the Coach seating only received the regular snacks of peanuts, pretzel, or cookie. When they brought our meal, we even had a place mat.

Definitely a blessing from God to be upgraded and we were VERY thankful! What a fun trip down.

Can you believe all that leg room? The people in front of that girl are fully reclined!


We finally arrived at the airport a couple of hours late but were greeted by Mom and Dad and over 100 other people! We left the airport and went to Carol's for hamburgers for lunch and a little football.


Carol is house and pet sitting for a couple that is back in the States right now. He is a distant cousin to Polly and Blue. His name is Diogi...prounced D-O-G!

We got our Weim time in!

Then, we left for Mom and Dad's house in Chimaltanengo. After unpacking the suitcase of goodies, we turned in for an early night around 8:30! I'm thinking that the rest of the nights won't be so early!

Hope to post again soon...check back!

Hasta luego...