Thursday, August 22, 2024

Andrew has made it to the Australia Brisbane Mission!

August 20, Tuesday

Andrew was so worried about his flight to Australia. I went online and we found out that Delta would charge you if you were overweight but Qantas doesn't start charging you until you're at 70 pounds or more so I knew he would be fine. Qantas charges $200 for the second check bag which is ridiculous, but supposedly the Church is going to reimburse us for that. I got a text from Ashley Lee asking me how I was doing because she knew our boys were going to be on the same flight. I told her she read my mind because I was going to text her about that today. She was feeling pretty emotional today about it and worried about Finnegan. I told her I was mostly worried about Andrew packing his suitcase because he was so worried about it, and she said she was too for Finnegan. Thankfully, Andrew had packed his own suitcase so that was helpful. It was also super helpful that Andrew had those Air Tags. 

Andrew gave Finnegan the book he bought for him. So glad they were on the same flight to LAX!


And that they were able to sit so close on the plane!

I knew when he left MTC and I knew when he was on the train and I knew when he made it to the airport. I knew when he landed in LAX. And then thanks to the credit card alerts, I knew that he didn't have to pay any overweight fees. He was nervous about getting his checked bags and then checking them back in with Qantas, but it was nice to see the charge from Qantas for $200 so I knew that he did OK and he was going to make his flight. He even sent me a message tonight at 8:18 PM to tell me he was about to board the plane. The flight was at 9:15 PM. I'm so relieved that he is on the plane to Brisbane and all seems to be well. I'm so proud of him. He's going to do great as a missionary. I just know it. I had a long list of tasks to work on so that was a nice distraction from Andrew's travels but I still checked it multiple times. I made the boys country fried steak for dinner. Michael did the dishes. We read a chapter and a half of Alma. 


August 21, Wednesday

We had Elder Jensen and Elder Bolinger here tonight. They both had second helpings of the beef stroganoff so they must've liked it. I also had quite a bit of fruit for them that they enjoyed. They talked to us for a little while about our canvas prints of all of our travels. It was comforting to have them here, since I had been so worried about Andrew. They shared a message with us and then we had a prayer and they left. I tried to get some more computer chores done. I got almost everything done but some things will have to wait till tomorrow. Apparently, Bishop got word of the fact that Finnegan and Andrew were on the same flight from Salt Lake City to LAX. He found it out when Jonny was there last night for his interview and they were talking about Finnegan's flight and made the connection. Andrew landed safely today. I wasn't too worried about it because I knew he got on the flight and I knew he would land at noon our time, 5 AM Brisbane time. About half an hour after his flight landed, I saw the bags from the Air Tags that he had them all with him so that was good. He called us today on Messenger while I was in the kitchen cutting up fruit. I almost missed his call. It didn't occur to me that he would be calling that soon. They had taken him to church by the temple and they were waiting for missionaries from another flight. Apparently, he got to ride in the car with the mission president so that was nice. He said he was tired but he seemed to be in good spirits. He sat right in front of Finnegan on the LAX flight. On the Australia flight, he had a window seat so that was pretty lucky. Apparently, he tried to sleep but only got about 3 to 4 hours. He probably got more than that but who knows. He said they fed him and he did fine. I'm so glad he's there and safe. He called when Michael was at the gym so we were able to add Michael to the call so he could talk to him for a little bit and he got to say hi to his brothers. I'm so proud of him and so excited for him!





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