Adventure in Travel, and Other Thoughts about Transport

So, I'm sitting in yet another airport, with about my 5th flight reschedule due to weather.  But I just realized that I arrived earlier than I planned on Tuesday (due to some creative changes), and I'm probably going to get home about an hour and a half late (if all goes will, hope this doesn't jinx it).  But I started imagining all of the things that might happen on a 30-hour combo of flights and layover on the trip to Mbandaka, which led to thoughts of the river trip that we will take when we get there.  In spite of the minor annoyances, the system worked for me, as it usually does in this country.  But think of a place with almost no roads, very minimal scheduled public transport, where the most reliable transport involves a canoe, only sometimes including a motor.  We just don't understand what we really have here.  We also do not understand the faithful witness of a church that would create a new church start because people had to walk 2.5 miles to get to church, school, clinics, and so on.  The church will not just witness to its faith, will not just evangelize, but will meet God's children at their point of deepest need.

As we cancel services because of weather, maybe we can find a renewed sense of being faithful to God through all things.  Our new internet church (DisciplesNet Church, at www.disciplesnet.org), was made for times like these, and places like Congo.  We are always welcome at the table, wherever and whenever we are.  God is always moving a hand over the face of the earth, and new things are springing forth.

Which makes a flight delay look pretty trivial - but it has given me lots of time to think on these things.