Hi everyone,
You may have been wondering how we have been preparing for the BA strike which covers the day of our return flight to Heathrow on the 30th.
We (that is Philip, Nancy and I) actually heard about the possibility of a strike quite early on via the BBC World Service radio and also an Email from Peter. We managed to keep it from Janice until yesterday to save her any anxiety! The first part of the plan to be put in place was that Nancy immediately booked us 5 nights B & B at a convent guest house in Kampala so that we could still leave Bunia as arranged on Monday and pick up a flight as soon as one became available. Yesterday evening I received confirmation by Email from BA that our flight had been cancelled. I also had an Email from our travel agent who had obtained permission from BA to rebook our flights offering flights via Nairobi leaving on Wednesday at 19.55, local time. I emailed my acceptance and received confirmation of the booking this morning. This morning Philip emailed and Nancy phoned (!) MAF Uganda to see if they could rebook us for their Wednesday flight, which they did.
This now gives us an extra two days here and a much more convenient journey home notwithstanding the change at Nairobi. Our flights now connect within a few hours whereas previously we had a wait of some 17 hours to wait in Entebbe airport. So instead of arriving at Heathrow at 16.00 we now arrive at 05.55 Thursday morning!! What might have been a disastrous end to our trip has worked for good as per scripture!!!
No pictures this time!!
Bless you all for your interest.
John
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Hi John and Janice.
ReplyDeleteIt's really good to hear that you have been able to rearrange your flights. The dispute has been very disruptive and Simon and Lisa's flight to venice was cancelled. At least MAF won't come out in sympathy.
It is amazing how the time has passed so quickly and that you will soon be home. It sounds like Janice is going to be signing up as a theatre assistant at Hillingdon Hospital.
How have your ankles been, Janice, with the uneven surfaces on the roads?
It has been so good to hear how the Lord has used you both to further His work out there. Really encouraging.
See you both soon.
Geoff and Jan