Live... from London

Well, we survived our flights (from DFW to Chicago and then Chicago to London). There were a few snafus... the flight was delayed leaving Dallas and we barely made our connection. Then there was an electrical malfunction on the international flight... so they couldn't turn off the lights in our section of the cabin - so the lights were on as we were all trying to sleep.

But - all in all, everyone got some amount of sleep and we were ready (or as ready as we could be) to tackle our whirlwind tour of London today.

We are resting at a friend of Christine Vintges' house - who graciously is buying us pizza for lunch. So far we've visited: Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Big Ben, 10 Downing Street, The London Eye, Westminster Abbey and we've ridden the tube. The house we are resting in is in Kensington and after lunch (in about an hour) we are planning to take the tube to the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Globe Theater before we head back to the airport.

Our team member, Katie Shaw, did not recieve her passport in time to leave with us yesterday. However, we are hoping that arrangements can be made for her to join us later in the week. We miss her a lot and though we are enjoying this part of the trip and looking forward to Africa, we are constantly remembering that she is not with us. Please pray that she would be able to join us.

Other prayer requests:
* Our bags are heavy (backpacks) and we are walking a LOT - so we're pretty tired.
* That we get some good sleep on the plane tonight.
* That relationships form and deepen, and attitudes stay good.

Thanks for your prayers! Blessings to you from our team!