Our flight was originally scheduled to get in at 9:15 and we were to have a 2 hour layover at Kennedy. Our plane didn’t leave Atlanta until close to 9 and we weren’t scheduled to get in until 4 minutes before our flight to Accra was to leave. I can’t speak for anyone else but I was nervous. I could see us spending the night in NYC. Flight tracker continued to show the Ghana flight departing on time.
Until 30 minutes before landing. I looked at my Delta app and the Ghana flight had been delayed by an hour! That wasn’t a ton of time, but it would at least give us a potty break! The fact that 767 toilets flush at 146 mph or something ridiculous like that bothers me. I hate it!
But we made it! Claudette flagged down the cart to transport us to the other gate and wheelchairs were waiting for us. We are on the flight and tomorrow, my feet will hit the ground in Ghana. It doesn’t seem real.
Maybe Delta was influenced by the prayers of 15 pilgrims going to Cape Coast. Maybe it was just easier to delay the plane than deal with 15 disappointed people. Who know. All I know is this: I am excited to be on this trip.
My daughter gave me very wise advice in the 1990s when I was going on the Walk to Emmaus. Participate, she said. Don’t anticipate. Just participate in whatever comes your way.
I think that applies today.
Good night. See you tomorrow in Ghana!
Dr. Suzanne Minarcine 