Brenda's Africa Diary Day One

Day I: Off to Zimbabwe.
We left on a Sunny Day, We all met at the Airport in Little Rock. Our friends and families and Arkansas Hospice Workers are there to send us off. We are all very excited. There are nine of us. We managed to get all of our bags to weigh in at 50lbs. We all took 2 bags, one filled with clothes, supplies, and toys for the Seke Hospice in Zimbabwe. There is myself Brenda, the nurse and Reiki Master/Teacher, Tanya the attorney for Women’s rights, Becky the Medical Social Worker, Donna our data entry person, Brad the only male, Minister/accountant, and Diana our fearless leader who is a Hospice Chaplain, Amanda and Lynette ( Certified nursing assistants). Lynette has never flown in an airplane before. Diana has been to Seke’ Hospice before.
We fly from Little Rock to Chicago (O’ Hara), get there and find out that our plane has been cancelled due to mechanical problems. We are blessed but at the time did not know that. We miss our connection to Air South Africa in Washington D.C. The airlines at first say there is nothing they can do, But Diana and Becky work tireless with United and we are re routed to London, Everyone is excited, we will have a 7 hour layover in London and we are flying into Heathrow which is in town. None of the others in the group except for myself have ever been to London. We will catch South African Air there and arrive in Harare Thursday At 12 noon. Two Days of travel, but now we will not need security guards for we will be arriving in the day time instead of at night. Going with the flow, not worried about Reiki classes. Everything is working as it should. Motto, Donald has impounded again to me when I call and inform him our change of plans BE FOCUSED, BE GROUNDED, PAY ATTENTION, PAY ATTENTION. CONNECT TO THE EARTH. My heart sings, I am going to visit the ancestors, the place where man first came into existence.