Alright so I finally have made it to Cambodia where I will be spending my first week here in Asia. I had a crazy time getting here but who doesn't love a good adventure? So I woke up at 5:30 Tuesday the 20th to make my 8:45 flight to San Francisco. We got there in plenty of time and after getting yelled at by airport security (apparently you aren't supposed to touch your luggage after it goes through security... who knew?) Leah and I boarded our flight. We arrived in San Francisco a little after 12, took some pictures of the beautiful scenery, ate some lunch and then went to wait for our flight to China. First our flight gets delayed two hours, then about an hour and half before we we are supposed to board the plane we hear our name being paged of the speaker. We arrive at the desk to find out that our boarding passes aren't valid and that security "should have" sent us back to get the correct ones...and they didn't. We were escorted upstairs to the main desk to then be told that the next flight they could put us on to Hong Kong would be June 9th. I laughed. After lots of confusion (maybe a little bit of complaining) and the not so nice ticketing agent telling us that it was all our fault, we finally were told that we would MOST LIKELY be put on the flight to Hong Kong the next day. We then starting worrying about where were going to stay until the ticketing agent reluctantly gave us a voucher for a hotel room that night and even free food! We leave the airport a little upset and very tired. We decided since neither of us had ever been to San Francisco to make a night of it and go downtown. With no luggage, meaning no extra clothes, we went out into the freezing town in our Texas weather clothes. We did get to ride the fun trolleys downtown and even got to see the Golden gate bridge, I'll post pictures when I get to Chaing Mai. The next morning we got at the airport, finally boarded our plane to Hong Kong and few 14 hours. 14 very long hours :) We then had a 2 1/2 hour flight into Bangkok and arrived to find out that we were leaving for Cambodia in 5 hours. Cambodia is amazing and I can already see God working powerfully in this country. I think I've rambled on enough so I'll save my experiences here for another day. I miss all of my family and friends VERY much but am also so excited to be here! God bless!!
PS The pictures are of Leah and my time in SanFrancisco and if you want to see more go to this website. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2057463&l=93d3b&id=54602099
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