Thank you so much for your prayers. I got some sweet text messages last night before we left that helped put me at ease. (I also realized some of my friends don’t get nearly enough sleep!!) It feels wierd knowing my children are on the other side of the world…this is a real test of my trust in God. Please pray for our next flight to Beijing. Pray our luggage gets there and we get through customs. Pray that we don’t collapse and wake up to have our carry-on luggage disappear.

Before we share more of our adventures, we want to thank all of your for your encouragement and prayers. We truly feel the Holy Spirit carrying us through our days. Knowing that you are thinking about us makes us feel not so far away & eases our homesickness. Thank you.

Right now we are taking in a little bit of home by sitting in Starbucks. Except Jenn is drinking an Azuki Red Bean Frappuccino (don’t think we have those in the states…but maybe). It’s nice to get a short break and sit together to write a post.

We are flying on Malaysia Airlines and all the attendant’s uniforms are traditional ethnic attire. What if airline attendants in America did that? What would they wear? Cowgirl/cowboy uniforms? Pilgrim style uniforms?

The ethnicity here in the airport and on our flight has been so diverse. Lots of Chinese, Indians and other Asian Pacific peoples. It’s interesting being the minority since we left LA. In Starbucks at least the music & walls are familiar (Feist is playing as I type).

This airport rocks. It won “Best Airport in the World” the last two years running. There’s a jungle encased in glass in the middle of the airport. The bathrooms have “clean squatters”. The public transportation rail comes right up into the middle of the main terminal. And, of course, Starbucks!

In about six hours we will be landing in Channai, India. We are so excited to meet our new friends Sudha and Monica. They will be our lifeline to the Indian culture while we are there. We’re also looking forward to meeting the children and families. Please pray that we see what God wants us to see, that everything goes smoothly and for good health.

Love,

Brent & Jenn

This morning at the Chennai airport, we realized we had some gnarly breath. Yuck. So we went to “Port House” to purchase some gum and candy. Our Toblerone bar was delicious. But our Batook Mustaka gum tasted like bathroom cleaner. Seriously.