We left Indianapolis as the snow was beginning to fall. We had arrived in plenty of time but the luggage allowance was different from the arrangement between the UK + US so we had to pay to get Tabitha's bag on board. We travelled with Esther Lawson, a fellow missionary who had been on cross-training with us. The plane was delayed and held back by headwinds and consequently we had 15 mins to run across Houston airport with bags and baby. Esther ran ahead and managed to persuade the staff to keep the doors open for us. We were last on the plane and felt sure that our bags would never make it. We were delighted to hear the announcement that said, "We have decided to wait until all the bags are loaded so you will all arrive in Mexico with your bags!" As our hearts recovered and our faces calmed from fiery red to their normal colour Tabitha made friends with the Mexican lady sitting beside us and spent half the flight sitting on her knee!
We arrived in Mexico and were surprised and incredibly relieved to find that there was no queue for immigration. Esther once again went ahead of us (we had to hand in our old Visas - something we had overlooked on our departure last time) and was waiting with all our bags by the time we got to the baggage belt.
We had a welcome party waiting for us - 2 missionaries, 4 of the MEFI team and 3 ex-street kids. It was wonderful to not have to carry our bags for a while! We were taken to the missionaries' house for something to eat and eventually to the home where we have been staying where we rolled into bed!
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