My Trip So Far

Well, thus far it has been a pretty amazing trip. It started out about 6am when I headed to the airport in Maui. The schedule was to fly to Honolulu, then to Tokio, then Teipai, and, after a long lay over I am headed (of course) to Jakarta. I was not worried about any of this except that I was not sure if I would have to pay extra for my bags, and that I was going to have to get my luggage at the baggage claim in Honolulu and then re-check in to get on the flight to Tokio....and I only had 2 hours.

I was not too worried, I figured that I would have just about enough time, until I saw the check in line at China Air. It was long. Fortunately it was going fairly quickly, but I knew that it would still take a while, and that there would probably be another line at security. It did not take too long, and I quickly went up to the counter where she did not charge me for my bags, and not only that but she saw the time on my ticket and decided to give me a "gold stamp" that allowed me to go into the fast lane. This was a very good thing, because the line was long. For me it just proved Gods goodness, and plus it felt really cool to be a "priority" person.

The flight from Honolulu to Tokio was just over 7 hours, not bad, but I was glad to get off. One thing that amazed me was that the decent into Tokio was one of the most beautiful that I think I have ever seen. The decent into Honolulu was not bad either, by the way, but there was something about it. I had never seriously considered Japan. I have thought about it on several occasions, as a place that I would like to visit, but now I am quite sure that it is on the list. Honestly I enjoyed my entire hour and a half that I was there.

Just one more word about "decents" is that the past couple of times that I have flown into Taipei I have been struck by how flat it seemed to be. This time, however, I believe that we are at a different airport, as coming into the city we saw tons ob absolutely beautiful mountains. There were peaks just above the clouds that had one building on top of them, just like a movie. There was a hazy mist everywhere, and the city itself spreads over miles and miles, and parts of it were seperated by these mountains.

Now here I sit until my next flight. I am in a comfortable aria that has a little cafe, a movie playing, showers if need be, lots of comfortable seating, and obviously free internet. I will update again after I am in Jakarta. Perhaps something that you can be praying for is that I may have strained my back, it is not too bad but it is pretty sore. I have been resting it and am expecting to be fine in a day or two. (If nothing else I will get a massage in Bandung)

Anyway, I am good, getting really excited about going back to the beautiful country I have come to love, and though I miss all of you, I am looking forward to the very near future. Love and blessings.