Airport Blessings

Knowing that traveling is now a little more challenging with Randy needing a Walker, wheel chair and my knee needing a replacement in next couple of weeks, we had some concerns about how the trip would be!

This morning we left for Phoenix to go see our kids, a new family member (yes Jodi got married), meet some new extended family, watch a grandson play the role of Linus in Charlie Brown, celebrate Caleb turning 14 and test our surviving skills in 114 degree (but a dry heat, yeah like that really helps to stay cool) heat! (I hope I finish all the chocolate I brought with me before we get off the plane)

One of our kids. Jason, picked us up to take us to the airport so we didn’t have to worry about parking our car and then trying to load all our extra items onto the cute little polka dotted busses that drive you to the airport. We felt one concern was now covered. As we entered the airport, one of the SWA employees immediately came over with a wheelchair for Randy and took us over to the ticket counter.. He took care of the cane and Walker and got us checked in ever so quickly and then walked us over to another porter who pushed us thru security and all the way to gate 18. His name was Titus and we began to talk about the stack of Drivers License’s that he had a rubber band around. They were from 33 different states he had lived before coming back to Dallas. I ask him where he went to church and he told me that he went to a baptist church over in Richardson! It was then that I told him he needed to come hear our choir of about 300 one Sunday. He continued to push Randy to the seating area as we continued our visit where we discovered that some of his good friends and some of his family owned the first Mexican restaurant Randy took me to when I first moved to Dallas. Ojeda’s! He gave us a card with his family member that worked there and told us to tell them Titus sent us. He smiled the entire time that he was with us and told us how much he loved working in the airport and had been here for 4 years after retiring from a previous job! He then took Randys Walker up to the ticket agent to get it tagged and brought it back over to us. We felt like royalty! Back at security, while waiting for my bag to be screened, I was standing beside a most beautiful young lady who was so sweet and friendly and helped me gather my things since I had mine and Randys. As soon as Titus left us to go help others I couldn’t help but thank God for going before us today and taking care of each and every concern we had. Not only did He take care of some new challenges of traveling in a new season of Parkinsons, but we got to hear how the Lord healed Titus after a brain aneurysm! He was not expected to ever walk or talk again…..But God…. He is still a God of the impossible and is still in the healing business! What a joy it was to hear this sweet man’s testimony!

We are still in the plane headed to Phoenix and as I thought back over the entire morning, the blessings that we have already experienced were just a wonderful reminder of Gods presence and faithfulness to us! I thought about the conversation I had with 3 young ladies behind me when I went to buy us a coffee and pink drink to the sweet young lady at security, who told me how to do my eyelashes if I wanted to try them, after I complimented her on her eyes! Then Of course Titus! Before we left home this morning, we prayed and ask the Lord to go before us and help us! He did just that but also so much more. On FB this morning, I had read and took a picture of a list of ways to be kind to others. It is so good, I thought I’d share it with you at the end of this post! And of all the places that we sometimes experience people being rushed or sometimes rude because of altered or cancelled flights, today was just a morning of pure joy! And to top it off, we made sure we stopped by Sprouts last night for double dipped chocolate covered peanuts, chocolate covered covered gummie bears and butter toffee peanuts!

(Yes Dee, thank you for introducing us to those and we are still addicted to them). We are so excited to be able to come see family we have not seen in a few months! And my guess is that we will come home with some new great memories! But will probably need to stop back by Sprouts for more chocolate.