Here is the scoop for those of you who are glad you are not walking in our shoes.
*British Air was 1.5 hours late this morning
*I immediately got on the phone to the US United flight people at 7:30 a.m., talked with them, but the phone went out and I had to board. I was able to tell him the problem and he was working on it when the phone went out.
*We arrived in London 10 minutes before our United flight took off - goodbye USA.
*Zeke does not have a visa to enter London - questions about letting him so that we could arrange new flights. Called manager. Manager was born in Uganda - said: "give him 24 hours and put my name on it."
*I pleaded with the BA manager to show some mercy - he had none. Said to go take it up with United.
*Picked up our luggage and boarded the subway to go to the United terminal.
*United was closed for the day - no more flights anyway.
*We are tired, but everyone seems to be doing just fine.
Now it gets better...
I pursued until I found someone from United who was in the building.
She turned out to be an angel. In fact, I asked her if she was an angel, she blushed so I guess that means she was not one? Do angels blush? Well this one did.
*After much effort, she was able to locate us in the system and informed me that someone had already changed our tickets and we had flights out in the morning. My Uganda to America early morning phone call actually worked! SHOCK!
*This sweet lady said: "let me just come down and talk with you." She held our hand to find a place to store our bags, she reserved us a hotel at a cut rate, and walked us to the bus station and showed us which bus to get on. She was a gift from God I promise you.
*In conclusion: We are supposed to fly out tomorrow morning at 7:55 and will arrive in Chicago at 10:08 a.m. Then arrive in Greensboro at 2:45 p.m. on flight number UA3414S
Boy do we feel your prayers. Zeke and Zuri were amazing today and the rest of the kids weren't bad themselves! God's favor is upon us I keep reminding us. Now, I have no idea how much I am going to have to pay United tomorrow morning as I did not finish that conversation in Uganda, but nevertheless, it looks like we will be home soon instead of stuck in Entebbe or London.
Jimmy
*British Air was 1.5 hours late this morning
*I immediately got on the phone to the US United flight people at 7:30 a.m., talked with them, but the phone went out and I had to board. I was able to tell him the problem and he was working on it when the phone went out.
*We arrived in London 10 minutes before our United flight took off - goodbye USA.
*Zeke does not have a visa to enter London - questions about letting him so that we could arrange new flights. Called manager. Manager was born in Uganda - said: "give him 24 hours and put my name on it."
*I pleaded with the BA manager to show some mercy - he had none. Said to go take it up with United.
*Picked up our luggage and boarded the subway to go to the United terminal.
*United was closed for the day - no more flights anyway.
*We are tired, but everyone seems to be doing just fine.
Now it gets better...
I pursued until I found someone from United who was in the building.
She turned out to be an angel. In fact, I asked her if she was an angel, she blushed so I guess that means she was not one? Do angels blush? Well this one did.
*After much effort, she was able to locate us in the system and informed me that someone had already changed our tickets and we had flights out in the morning. My Uganda to America early morning phone call actually worked! SHOCK!
*This sweet lady said: "let me just come down and talk with you." She held our hand to find a place to store our bags, she reserved us a hotel at a cut rate, and walked us to the bus station and showed us which bus to get on. She was a gift from God I promise you.
*In conclusion: We are supposed to fly out tomorrow morning at 7:55 and will arrive in Chicago at 10:08 a.m. Then arrive in Greensboro at 2:45 p.m. on flight number UA3414S
Boy do we feel your prayers. Zeke and Zuri were amazing today and the rest of the kids weren't bad themselves! God's favor is upon us I keep reminding us. Now, I have no idea how much I am going to have to pay United tomorrow morning as I did not finish that conversation in Uganda, but nevertheless, it looks like we will be home soon instead of stuck in Entebbe or London.
Jimmy
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Hip, hip, hooray for home!!
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