We didn't get to hear from Caleb the morning we flew out,
but he had told us the Friday before what the flight plan was.
We also learned that he probably had had his Visa all along, but that
the Church realized they didn't have enough space at the MTC in Johannesburg! Oh, well!
Grateful we got a little extra time with him at home.
So, we knew that he had to get up at 3am on Wednesday, August 13th so he could
have his luggage to the travel department by 4am. All of the elders flying out
then loaded a bus at 5am,
headed to the Front Runner, got off of Front Runner to take Trax out to the airport! Whew!
I'm tired already! They needed to be at the airport by 6am for their 10am international flight!
They flew from Salt Lake to Atlanta, Georgia where they had roughly a 6 hour layover
before flying out to Johannesburg, a nearly 16 hour flight! I'm really tired now!
They spent the night at a hotel near the airport and then got on a plane to Durban on
what would be their Friday morning. Luckily, that flight was only a little over an hour!
He spent the day in the mission office filling out paper work and doing some other things.
He spent the night in the mission home and on Saturday morning, he learned
where his first area would be! I'll save that for the next blog post!
He didn't get a chance to call or email home, but the mission secretary sent some pictures
and a message letting us know Caleb had arrived safely to his mission!
Here are those pictures along with a couple of others on the plane and at the airport:
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