fun times in heathrow

mom and dad, i made it to london! after a 9 hour flight we arrived at 8:45 in london this morning (this is london time which is 6 hours ahead of US) about 3:45 am in US time. i have now been sitting in the london-heathrow airport since 8:45 am...it is now 2:36 pm. my flight doesn't leave until 7:10 so i decided to blog because the boredom is definitely setting in. i sat next to a rather interesting woman on the plane ride over who asked me in all seriousness, "is water good for you?" i replied with a simple "yes" and buckled my seatbelt for the long journey. it actually went rather quickly and i was able to sleep a lot! now we are just waiting and waiting and waiting...im just too excited to get to zambia it feels like an eternity. my fellow summer staffer and friend rebecca lerohl is asleep on the chairs next to me and we are sleeping on rotation so that someone can watch our stuff. i am suppossed to be on gaurd at the moment yet here i sit, blogging. anyways, that's about all there is to report other than the fact that security took my one and only tube of toothpaste. pray for the rest of zambia. me without toothpaste is a frightening thought. luckily, DFW airport was selling travel-sized toothpaste for only 3 dollars each! so i spent $12 on 4 travel sized toothpaste. yaaay! please be praying for this layover to quickly pass and for good rest on the next 10 hour flight. i am so excited to get back to zambia and would love to make it there just as quickly as possible :) nicole: i started reading "when helping hurts" because the tvs were broken on the flight. so, i had a lot of time to get started on the book ;) this is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. if anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and truth. john 3:16-18