Up In the Air?

I'm not positive, but I think that Nathan, Kathy, and family are heading Atlanta way as I type this. Nathan called this morning a little after 8am central time and they were at the Dulles airport in DC waiting in line to go through customs...back on U.S. soil. Since they got bumped from their flight on Monday, they have had to fly stand-by...not real easy to get a family of eight on the same flight I would imagine! It took them a while to convince the airlines to let them fly today...it was suggested to them that they wait till tomorrow to fly to Atlanta. Nathan said that didn't sound like a good idea to them...enough of having to wait 24 hours! They finally got a flight that was supposed to leave around 3:30 pm central time...but...upon talking with Nathan a little after 4pm central time their flight had been delayed (plane being worked on!!!!!) and it was delayed some more during our conversation. I'm not sure "when" or "if" they finally got off. But the fact that we haven't heard from them again, I'm hoping that they are winging their way towards Atlanta. I don't know if they will feel like driving back this evening or if they will spend the night in a hotel and drive home in the morning. They have REALLY had an adventure when it comes to getting back to the states...not an easy journey to say the least! One adventure--convincing Ethiopian airlines to allow Kathy to fly home since she was pregnant and didn't have a note from her doctor!!!!! Got over there without a note, but had trouble getting out without a note! But that hurdle was finally cleared and she WAS allowed to get on the plane! Oh, another adventure--they get to add another country to places they have been--this plane made a stopover in Rome, Italy to change crew--that stopover made their flying time between Ethiopia and the U.S. a longer flight. Nathan isn't sure at what point to start counting how long that their flight home has taken! I worked in the library this afternoon. Once again we got quite a bit done and there are new books on the shelves ready to be checked out. Woody went for a four-mile walk after lunch. Then this evening he attended the Wednesday night service at church.