Guyana 2008

Thursday, July 9, 2008
The time is drawing near for the 2008 mission trip to Rose Hall-Williamsburg, Guyana (20 minutes south east of New Amsterdam on the map). I had truly forgotten about the blog John Warmath set up for us until he asked me if we would be using it this year. I thank John for reminding me. I am still on the learning curve so bear with me.
We are about to enter the preparation frenzy. With the airlines changing the regulations we have found it necessary to change our ways. American Airlines will allow two 50 pound bags with a carry on and a $25 or $50 fee for extra checked bags. We could make plans and deal with those changes but it is a different story when it comes to Caribbean Air. They are very vague about whether one or two checked bags are allowed and we cannot tell how much they will charge for the extra weight. Arguing with a person from another country and culture just make us look like ugly, rude Americans and it does not really work. Rick and I have decided that the best was to represent Christ is to be polite and just take one carry on and one checked bag. Believe me I will pack as much as possible into the space. That is why this year we have not asked for you all to provide materials. We will take some things in our suitcases but will have to make purchases and copies there. Hopefully there will be minimal black outs when we go to make copies and costs will not have risen very much.