For the past three days I've been visiting Emily at Covenant. I had a great time seeing her and her roommates and going to class with them (and having people to run with!!!) My favorite classes were Spanish and Doctrine, but Middle Eastern History was also interesting. I met Emily's Community Development professor, who is one of the two authors of one of my favorite books, When Helping Hurts. He was just in Arizona for a Food for the Hungry conference, and when Em told him I just went to Guat with them, the questions started as well as a mini lecture. That was....fun. No, it really was interesting to hear what he had to say about it. I just felt slightly inadeqaute trying to answer his questions, but thankfully I'm reading the book and have at least a small grasp on what he was saying.
Now here's for the biggest adventure of the week, where we (no, Emily) put our life on the line. We were supposed to drive to Atlanta right after class to catch a flight to see Jon in Orlando. Well, Emily was going to write a quick note to one of her friends, but appently she felt the need to write a novel instead. So, that caused her to drive like a Nascar racer all the way to the world's busiest airport (which has ONE security checkpoint, meanig extra time should be left to get through it). It especially got crazy when we got close to the city, where there's so much traffic. News flash: you can't drive like a Nascar racer through Atlanta! You can't dive like that safely, anyway, but I guess it's possible since she did it! Now, don't let me scare you from driving with her; she's a very confident driver. But pride does go before the fall! Praise the Lord that first of all, that we got there with no injury, and second of all, that the security line was super short and our flight was delayed a half hour anyway.
We got Starbucks and were walking to our gate when Em spotted Ben and Jerry's. Right after that we passed a gate that was boarding for San Diego. Em said "let's go to San Diego!" I pointed to Ben and Jerry's and then to that gate and said, "YES and YES." Oh well. Going to Orlando to see Jon will have to do for now! When I heard a beepy cart coming behind us and realized that we were in the middle of the walkway, I said "let's get out of the middle of the street." When Em laughed that I said street, I said, "well, it's as busy as a street!"
Attetion flyers: avoid the Atlanta airport whenever possible!
We are now safely laned in Orlando. I'm so looking forward to seeing J and his school, and I'm especially grateful to Em for setting up this week so I could visit both her and Jon at school. Thanks Em!
Always remeber to leave extra time in order to make your travels safe, everyone!
