Blessing in Disguise

We made it to Akademgorodok! Our travels went very well - although the 3 day trip seemed like 1 never ending day - Samuel did great on all the flights (totally about 15 hours) and all our luggage made it safe and sound!

Which brings me to a story, when flying from Chicago we were allowed two 50lb bags each plus one carry on and on personal item (purse, briefcase) with additional fees for over weight baggage. However, when you get into Moscow (where you have to get you bags and re-check them) we were expecting to be hammered with fees (because you are only allowed one 20 kilogram bag.) We didn't have much time to catch our next flight in Moscow and ended up missing our flight . . . we weren't worried though, because they were going to put us on the next flight leaving 2 hours later. So we waited at the check in counter while they printed new boarding passes for us - but for some reason that task to an extremely long time to accomplish! Over an hour later we were finally checking our baggage in (ready to hand over the money) but by this time we were close to missing our flight once more! One of the managers must have felt bad about the delay and insisted that there where no additional baggage fees since we flew on a US airline. Next thing we new that same manager was rushing us off through airport employee security, right to the front of the boarding line and right on to the plane (as he helped us carry some of our carry-on luggage!)

Praise God for His blessings “in disguise”!