My day in London Heathrow was better than I could have planned. I made a friend and together we helped others get the charging station to work for various smartphones. Later Anand asked if I wanted to eat lunch with him. I was about to ask him but he beat me to it. I asked an airport worker where to get some fish and chips so we went there but they did not have any. Instead Anand found a native Indian dish. I ordered it also.
He told me how to eat this and how it is made. He said he was surprised that the spices did not bother me. I told him it was very tasty. He said it was authentic and almost as good as what his mother makes. Pray for him to be open to the good news. I did not get to talk about that yet with him but I intend to stay in touch.

My checked bag has not caught up with me yet.Please pray that it will arrive before I must catch the shuttle bus to Slovenia at 10:00 AM Saturday Venice time.

I arrived in Italy but my checked bag did not. It might arrive tomorrow.

In less than 30 minutes I will be boarding the plane for Venice, Italy. Please pray that I would be ready to apply Colossians 4:2-6 even though I am very tired.

These two great questions were asked on Facebook so I thought I would answer here also.

Learn about GEM here:

Greater Europe Mission

This will be the annual conference for all the missionaries and workers. I’ll be there with Mark 5 Ministries 

Mark 5 Ministries

serving as a Tech Team. We will tune up software on devices like laptops, smartphones, and tablets. We will improve security and provide tutoring as requested. As I meet missionaries I also find out about them and the ministry and pray for them.  I will also serve by letting others encourage me.

I love doing this!

I now have a seat and a boarding pass to fly to Venice late tonight.  This will give me tomorrow (Friday the 4th) to get over jet lag.  Saturday morning the 5th I catch the shuttle bus at the Venice airport to the GEM conference in Slovenia.

I’m at London Heathrow about to eat a “Full English Breakfast” at the suggestion of a very helpful lady at the British Airways counter. She looked at my boarding pass and asked, “Did American Airlines give you any vouchers, love?”. When I said no she told me to wait and she stormed off to the AA representative and returned quickly with several vouchers for meals inside the terminal. Wonderful customer service!

I now get to hang out at RDU a few more hours.  Why?  Bad weather caused American Airlines to cancel my flight.  A nice lady used her terminal to get me on American Airlines flight 174 leaving at 6:05 PM for not Philly, but London.  She said the system would not let me get the boarding pass yet to get to Venice.  This is all an opportunity to trust God more than weather, the airlines, or humans.

Please pray!
Bad weather in Philly – flight from RDU cancelled!

I made it through security. My laptop bag with all kinds of cables, adapters, and flash drives earned me a closer look by a friendly man.
I’m waiting for my 3:50 flight from RDU to Philadelphia.
Since the NC State men’s basketball team is flying to Italy today I thought I would let them know I’m a fan (like I needed an excuse).