We finally made it to Seattle after some 8-9 months of planning! It took a little bit longer than we expected, too, as we spent some extra unexpected time in Washington...the city, not the state. After the craziness of finishing up school, getting the bicycles boxed up, getting to the airport in a driving rainstorm, and saying good-byes, the first leg of the journey was very un-Murphy-like. In other words, things went smoothly! The flight to Washington DC was on-time and event-free. Once we arrived, we learned that the ongoing flight to Seattle was cancelled. It was the ONLY flight out of Dulles that was cancelled. We got re-scheduled for a flight at 6 AM, so we settled in for a long-winter's nap in Dulles airport.
Eventually, morning came, and we got on the flight for Seattle, arriving about 8:41 local time (11:41 Eastern time). We then had a WONDERFUL visit with Cathia, Lila, Iraj & Manijeh! It was Lila's last day in 1st grade..she was excited for the start of summer. We had a nice "Persian lunch," and then came here to the Sammamish Presbyterian Church to meet the rest of the team. We put the bicycles back together and "chilled" while waiting for the last member of the team to arrive from the airport.
Soon we will have our first meal together as a team, and spend some time getting to know one another, and rest up for our first official day of training together tomorrow morning.
The weather is cool and cloudy...temp in the 50's.
If I can figure out how to put pictures on this thing (in other words, ask Zach), perhaps we can do that soon.
Thanks, Svoboda family, for being our first official followers! Many have mentioned your prayers on Facebook, and we do thank you for that, as well!
Tim
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