Ahoj!

I have arrived in the great Republic of Czech, and am currently residing in Prague, at the Gregory's house. Mr. Gregory was the previous Area Director of Prague, and has recently handed his postion over to someone new.

My almost 24 hours of travelling went... well I guess as expected.
I only had to pay extra for one bag, which was nice, but also left me with three carry-ons, two of which weighed "definately over 8 kilos" according to the flight attendent. So because of these heavily weighted bags, as I was going through security in Houston, both of them fell off the tables, and my computer, shoes and purse also tumbled out of the security bins. This was slightly embarrassing, and what made it worse was that my teary-eyed mother was there watching it all. She was probably wondering how her poor, awkward little girl would ever make it in a foriegn country!

The flight was fine, however my seat-mate, a man from India, decided he wanted to get up every hour or so and do some laps around the plane. This was quite humorous, and many people near me would laugh at him every time he did so. However, this made me quite stressed and forced me to stay half-way awake at all times, because i never knew when he would want to get up or return, and i always wanted to be available to let him in.

My layover was in Frankfurt, and let me say that this airport may possibly be the worst airport to have a layover in. Mostly because of the fact that in order to sit in a waiting area, you must have a boarding pass that is leaving from that particular gate, and to get into my gate i had to wait about 4 hours. However, I did meet a man from Africa, who is currently living in Germany and offered me a place to stay whenever i visit the country!

Finally I arrived in Prague: me, my three bags, my two over weight carry-ons, my purse and my jacket, all piled on to a cart. I was pushing it back and forth, looking for people i have never seen before, and not even sure if i was meeting a man or a woman, when i came to a bump in the floor and all my bags went flying. It was exactly at this moment when a man came up to me and asked, are you Ashley? I guess he knew i was foreign!

But alas, I am here now, well fed, clean and rested, waiting for my ride to take me home to Ostrava!!

Much love to all of you!
(and i apolize for my lengthy-ness)

"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life."
Psalm 143: 8