Off to Cambodia

Thursday 26 February

The BIG day is here! As many of our family as were available met us for breakfast at Mimi's. They thought we needed that one LAST MEAL in Utah!

We have had a dry winter with not too much snow.  We have even had unusually warm temperatures. We had given our family a hard time that it was going to snow when we left. Sure enough, it DID snow today! We came out from breakfast to find flurries of white stuff falling from the sky!

Then we went home to finish packing and get ready to fly to Cambodia.  We thought we were almost packed, but it still took more time to finish.

We were surprised we did not use our full 50 pounds allowance for our large suitcases. In fact the heaviest was only 42.5 pounds, which was under the 44 pound limit for the final leg of our flight. Even our carry-on bags were pretty light. Not bad for packing for two years!!!

Since our daughter, Wendy, is buying our Honda CRV from us, she volunteered to take us to the airport. She also helped us take everything in to the terminal to get checked in at the counter.  Thank You Wendy! Enjoy the CRV!

As we entered the TSA security line we received a pleasant surprise. Unbeknownst to us, we had been pre-screened and did not have to go through the regular line! (They made up for that later at all the other airports we went through.)

We left Salt Lake at 3:30 p.m. MST and arrived in LA at 4:20 p.m. PST. Then we had over six hours lay-over before leaving just before 11:00 p.m. for Hong Kong. What do you do in LAX for six hours? LOTS of walking, sitting, and drinking water to keep hydrated for the LONG flight.

We love home, but we also love the Lord and look forward to serving Him in Cambodia for the next two years!