Spare Hour

Mexico City -- For an insanely long period of time, I've been waiting for this very moment... I happen to be sitting in the food court in the Intl Airport of Mexico City Benito Juarez... on my way to various stops in North America and Asia.... A LOT of thought, prayer, planning and saving has gone into this moment.

From where I'm sitting, you can see all the people coming out of customs and the people who are waiting behind the posts for them to arrive. People moving around, standing on tip toes trying to see through the frosted glass doors. It reminds of me of when my family comes and I'm trying to figure out if they're going to come through E1 or E2... running back and forth, checking the monitors that are only reliable for being wrong. I can also see offices in the high ceiling and a new screen that shows the same 3 commercials repeatedly... a new flight to Madrid, a new flight to Sao Paolo and a Telcel commercial.

Anyway, there's still about 40 minutes before I need to head through security and I've had the whole morning to sit on buses and think about everything that has led up to this trip and I'm eager to see what God will do and hear what He will say and meet all the people that I'll meet.

What a ride since last September... so much has happened... ... Whatever happens... good or ugly, the only thing you can really do is give thanks and walk forward.

The cutest little boy just walked up to my table and his mom came up to smile apologizingly and take him away.

Back to the point. Walk forward. There will always be good things and things that we don't like as much, but either way you can get stuck. Keep walking... always giving thanks because we know that God is leading us to somewhere good.

So, I'm about to head to the pharmacy here in the airport. Can you believe that? I don't remember seeing pharmacies in other airports. Maybe I don't pay enough attention. But I only need some bandaids to put on my heels. I have a pair of utterly cute shoes but that are rubbing against my heels.

Well, here I am in Mexico City, beginning a huge adventure for me... Indonesia... Japan... And I'm really excited for what this will bring into my life. I'm excited to learn, see, smell, meet... eat weird things... and be on the beach! You can't ask for much better in January.

Speaking of eating, I know it's obvious, but how expensive is food here in the airport! And large, large portions. I wanted some pizza, but decided $5 wasn't worth a slice and a drink and so headed to McDs. More choices: hamburger or chicken? Went with a chicken sandwich... Ate about 3/4 of it and maybe 1/2 of the fries and not near all of the soda. And I was hungry too!

What is this all about? The chicken sandwich was incredibly disappointing too, with only a pieces of plastic-y looking cheese and round shaped bacon. Round.

I should have stuck with the hamburger.

Bon voyage.