arrived

Hey every body... well i got a minute here to use the inter web... i thought I would take advantage. Riesser and I arrived in florida last night... On separate flights. Sheldon got stuck in customs for hours. They basically randomly chose him to interrigate...brought him into the interigation room and then forgot about him. Just silliness.. It's even more laughable because it took me the grand total of 3 seconds to get through customs...So as this is happening I have no clue what is going on. I hop on the scheduled flight and hope he makes it last minute and he of course doesn't. However through asking the flight attendant I am told he will make the next flight that will get to florida at mid night.

When I arrive in florida I head down to the baggage claim area...I had just been paranoid all day that my bag would not arrive in orlando. I had wanted to just bring it on the plane as a carry on first thing in the morning but the lady at the calgary air port had extremely inadequate communication skills (she was an immigrant)... I should have just said I wanted it to be a carry on!!! Back to my story though so I wait and watch the bags go by...my bag is no where to be seen...but the even keeled man I am I do not panic...that is until the conveyer belt stops....and my back pack did not make it...sheeeit.. so after talking to the authorities that be I find out that i was supposed to pick up my back pack in toronto and bring it through customs...would have been nice had someone told me that! 

But hey its not a bad story...to begin our journey. Its probably a bit funny. It gave me an excuse to talk to a lot of people. This one lady I met her on three different occasions...sat beside her when waiting to be boarding and I told her about how sheldon was not going to make the plane...I was waiting for my back pack and I looked up and she was there smiling. Then i joked, "don't tell my my back pack wont' make it!" Then finally after  she was standing out side still smiling and we chatted again about how my back pack never made it. LOL, lots of laughs... 

Honestly though I sure hope my back pack makes it here...I would like to not have to buy cloths and sincerley I want to read what my friends wrote in the journal for me! Plus my phone will die with in days if I don't get my back pack. 

Florida is nice though...the weather is comforting...the trosts are soo hospitable...last night we ate oysters...15 cents a piece. I guess that is a good deal! It was the first time I have enjoyed them. Lord I was enjoying my self...When I got to the trost's I was hanging out with Bob (the father) he is a nice man...He asked me if I wanted some wine..I told him i was more of a beer drinker...so he pulled out a cold certified coors light! It was unbelievable! As I sat on the back porch after we picked up sheldon from the air port. I sat there thinking about all I have to be thankful for...I have lots of memories... ill keep thinking about my friends and family back home...and I will be back soon...

but I am just taking  this thing one day at a time. I know things could and will get tougher but I will continue to just take it one day at a time. I trust that Christ will be there every step of the way and that I see my him in everything. 

miss you all

(unedited my apologies)