Day 2 - Frankfurt, Germany

Well, I made it through my first international flight across the Atlantic Ocean and what an experience that was. The airline is called Luftansa .... Huge planes with hundreds of folks packed in. You better believe I took the opportunity granted me to to Be a living " Circle Maker" as we traveled from one continent to another. I was just thinking about how timely that was that God would have me just finish that book study, which challenged me to make a habit of drawing circles around the promises of God in creative ways. Mark Batterson is the author, check it out.

All night long that's what I did, especially after I started to overheat and feel quizzy through the middle of the night. I literally prayed myself to sleep, as I was sitting in the inside of a very narrow row with 3 others. But I made it through. They even served dinner and breakfast on the flight, I wondered how they were gonna pull that off, but they did it. to my surprise the food was hot and pretty tasty for airplane food. I had the opportunity to watch the movie Lincoln and was deeply moved once again as to how God used him to orchestrate the processes of America coming to grips with the fact that we are all created equal.

I woke up early this morning, oh, please note that I'm gonna be 6 hours ahead of you, meaning it's currently 2:45 pm here in Germany while it's 8:45 there in Orlando. I am already experiencing jet lag, drinking cappuccino and even took a gulp of 5 hour. Thanks honey for packing that for me, albeit, this is NOT a habit I want to form. We noted that it was snowing from the air, but on the ground it's a bit warm, at least for me it is. Y'all know I have my own personal summers. LOL. I sure was looking forward to the cold weather the forecast promised us. But who knows, maybe it's not too late.

Our connecting flight left us, because we were behind schedule, so we are here in the airport til 4pm and then on to Rome for a hot shower, dinner and a bed. Yeeaayy God!!!! I've even enjoyed my time here in Frankfurt as you'll soon see in the pictures. Didnt find any of my Blumhagen relatives though. So, I'm working hard to remember the names of all my classmates ... That's challenging, but they are a GREAT group of young people.

In the pics you'll meet Natasha whose from Naples, 4 months pregnant, scheduled to marry next month, Iranian, well traveled, and my side kick for this trip. Stephania, the official photographer for our group as far as I'm concerned, and her sister Andrea whose a 4 month old newlywed, traveling without her hubby for the first time. And then there's Natalie, the sweet spirit of the bunch whose also a native of Orlando. There's also the birthday boy and his girlfriend who you'll see sleeping through the day. LOL

Check out the smoke shacks sponsored by the maker of camel cigarettes ... People actually lock themselves in this little room to smoke. For really. See the man that we call " The International Charger" seemingly recharging himself while sleeping. The new Mercedes and the cake on the stick that I left at the cafe, but they sure do look good. For really !!!

Well, I'm gonna seek to get a little shut eye while awaiting our plane, and we'll be back in touch after we arrive in Rome, God willing.
Love y'all, send me your comments and questions .... In the interim I'm calling this a rap.