Surprise!!
First, I would like to thank those who came to Carolyn's house to pray with us this afternoon and those who were at the airport!! It meant a lot to me as I'm sure it did to the rest of the team.
I'm sure it be a surprise to all of you later on today when our team walks in the door! Yes, we were supposed to leave yesterday. However, we were bumped from our flight. During one of the training meetings I atteneded for Lakeshore, MS last year we were taught about the need to be fluid and flexible. When the agents at the check-in counter explained the problem we were all like okay and what's the next step.
The guy at the counter had two options for us. We could either be bumped to another flight and be upgraded to First Class or we could be bumped to another flight and be offered $400. Both options including putting us up for the night at the hotel free of charge. We decided to be upgraded to First Class on the flight. I'm sure some of you would have said, "Are you crazy? I would have taken the $400." The $400 was probably in vouchers (as most airlines give) that we all would have had to use within a certain amount of time and we'd probably never get an opportunity to fly in First Class and we decided to go that route. We decided not to stay at the airport so we could go to church since our flight was not an early flight.
What originally happened was that they sent a plane that held 60 less people for the flight. They were in the process of bumping us up to First Class on the original flight since all the coach seats were taken and there were some First Class available. While he was in the process of doing that people that had First Class tickets for the flight showed up and naturally the seats were given to them. He was very appreciative of how we handled the situation and did apologize a few times as did another gentleman who I believe may have been a supervisor who came out with our new reservations.
They had to go retrieve our luggage which had already been sent over to the plane. While were waiting close to the ticket counter there were two ladies at the counter. They were visably upset and yelling because they were bumped from the same flight. Someone overheard what they were saying and I also saw them gesturing over our way a couple of times. They asked why didn't you bump those American kids over there? They thought the agents were showing favoritism to us because we are American and they were not. The agents calmly explained that we were bumped from our flight too and waiting for our luggage. It took a good hour for them to get our luggage. As we were getting our luggage from the cart I had an opportunity to hand the gentleman that was handling everything for us one of the Two Ways to Live tracts.
We see it as the Lord has His reasonings for everything happening the way it did. We may find out and we may not. It's all part of His perfect plan.
In Christ,
Jenn
I'm sure it be a surprise to all of you later on today when our team walks in the door! Yes, we were supposed to leave yesterday. However, we were bumped from our flight. During one of the training meetings I atteneded for Lakeshore, MS last year we were taught about the need to be fluid and flexible. When the agents at the check-in counter explained the problem we were all like okay and what's the next step.
The guy at the counter had two options for us. We could either be bumped to another flight and be upgraded to First Class or we could be bumped to another flight and be offered $400. Both options including putting us up for the night at the hotel free of charge. We decided to be upgraded to First Class on the flight. I'm sure some of you would have said, "Are you crazy? I would have taken the $400." The $400 was probably in vouchers (as most airlines give) that we all would have had to use within a certain amount of time and we'd probably never get an opportunity to fly in First Class and we decided to go that route. We decided not to stay at the airport so we could go to church since our flight was not an early flight.
What originally happened was that they sent a plane that held 60 less people for the flight. They were in the process of bumping us up to First Class on the original flight since all the coach seats were taken and there were some First Class available. While he was in the process of doing that people that had First Class tickets for the flight showed up and naturally the seats were given to them. He was very appreciative of how we handled the situation and did apologize a few times as did another gentleman who I believe may have been a supervisor who came out with our new reservations.
They had to go retrieve our luggage which had already been sent over to the plane. While were waiting close to the ticket counter there were two ladies at the counter. They were visably upset and yelling because they were bumped from the same flight. Someone overheard what they were saying and I also saw them gesturing over our way a couple of times. They asked why didn't you bump those American kids over there? They thought the agents were showing favoritism to us because we are American and they were not. The agents calmly explained that we were bumped from our flight too and waiting for our luggage. It took a good hour for them to get our luggage. As we were getting our luggage from the cart I had an opportunity to hand the gentleman that was handling everything for us one of the Two Ways to Live tracts.
We see it as the Lord has His reasonings for everything happening the way it did. We may find out and we may not. It's all part of His perfect plan.
In Christ,
Jenn
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