We have been planning for months for Allia and I to go with a group from church to visit the Holy Land in Israel over spring break as a sort of graduation gift to her. After so much careful planning and packing (including planning meals and the schedule for the family here), we got on our bus and headed to the airport in Houston Friday afternoon. When we were almost there, our group leader received a call that they were cancelling flights. The bus turned around and headed home with a plan to try to fly out later in the weekend. Before we got home, they made an alternate plan, so the bus turned around and headed for Houston again. 15 minutes from the airport, the leader found out the alternate plan had fallen through as well so we turned around again and headed home. When we were almost home, we found out all flights were canceled for a whole week, so the trip could not be rescheduled but was canceled permanently. There was a blizzard hitting Istanbul (our place to connect flights to Israel) which was the original reason for the cancellation, but then they canceled flights for the whole next week, most likely due to the escalating political situation in the area. It was so disappointing, but we trust in God's plan and are thankful to be safe at home.
I had taken some photos of my crew to keep with me on the trip when I missed them. Here are a few of those...
Reminding me she would be in good hands with Grandparents helping
These guys love building "forts" in the nearby woods.
This one was a selfie
