Back in January an email went out from the Bishop’s office for a pilgrimage to Ghana. I got the email a little after 0700 and couldn’t wait to apply. An essay was required, which I quickly wrote on my iPhone. The shock of my life came two weeks later when I was one of 15 selected to go.
Today is the departure day and we are finally on the plane to JFK, where we will connect with another flight to Accra. But here’s the thing. We were supposed to depart at 7:10. Then we were supposed to depart at 8:00. Then 8:25. We are still on the ground and it is 8:37.
I am still riding in a wheelchair to the plane because going downhill hurts my knee. The knee has been another saga and I will leave that for another day. At 8:00 they announced that security had just cleared the plane, which had been on the ground for about an hour and a half. The person wheeled me down but we couldn’t board; they were still cleaning the plane. It was finally cleaned at 8:10 and I got to my seat. The door is closed now and hopefully we will leave soon, though likely not soon enough for us to make our flight to Accra.
I promised updates and this is the first. I’m traveling with really great people and I know it is going to be good.
We just have to get there first. 8:44 and we are still in Atlanta.
Dr. Suzanne Minarcine 