We checked 8 personal bags and 6 PFC bags full of ministry gifts for the prison officials we plan to meet, books and printed resources for our planned training conferences with our National Partner and his team of volunteers and 250 pairs of eyeglass ‘readers’ at various magnifying strengths for prisoners in need. Our team moves along and settles in at our international flight gate to await our time to board and hopefully a nice night-time nap! There seems to be an unregistered contest between GVT and Eddie on who can fall asleep at any moment and also for the longest amount of time. It’s hard to know who to bet on yet, however there is a small detection of envy amongst unnamed team members at this skill.
Day is now Night and Night is Day for our internal clocks and somewhere we flew through Tuesday
Tim Rice led the first devotional of the trip as we gathered together soon before our boarding time; one last check in with each other before the confines of a long flight. Finally it’s time to board for the 13-hour journey on Eva Air, landing in Taiwan, then on to Manila, Philippines, another 2.5 hour flight. Arriving at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is comfortable and has many small shops and food stores available during our layover. We spot prayer rooms, which was of interest to our group to
see at an airport. Kathleen generously offers custard filled pastries she bought and Jaycob tries out his currency exchange knowledge from USD to the New Taiwan Dollar using his debit card to buy Taiwan Bubble Tea and a sandwich for him and his Mom. A side note was made that Eddie slept 12 hours on the flight over and GVT 7 hours. The challenge is on!
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