Many people have had reasons to blame President Bush for certain things, such as the war in Iraq, the economy or other problems. Patty and I are great supporters of our president, but you can add us to this list. We missed our flight to China, because President Bush was leaving the Minneapolis St. Paul airport at the same time as us. We were on the plane on-time and ready to take off, but we were left waiting two hours for Air Force One to leave and airport transportation to get back to normal. The flight went well, but we ended up in Los Angeles at about the same time our flight was boarding. Let's just say our long fast walk at almost midnight did not get us on the plane in time. So we went to our airline company and they set us up with a flight for tomorrow night at the same time after we got a delay of flight confirmation from Northwest. This is where it gets a little weird. We got the delay confirmation and the airlines gave us a reduced accomodations at a local hotel, so we went to email people about being late. When we got our room and started emailing, we found out that the airline company had actually booked us on a flight for two hours later and that we were set to fly in a half hour. We were more than that time away from the airport, so we decided to stay and try to sleep and figure things out in the morning.

Luckily, we did get things worked out in the morning, even though, we did not sleep much. We have been catching up on sleep and will be leaving LAX at 11:50 tonight and will arrive in China on Friday morning. Maybe we will go to the beach when Patty gets up. It has been a crazy situation, but it has allowed us the opportunity to meet some really great people and to share about our trip. We are looking forward to finally arriving in China. It has been a hard lesson in patience, dependence on others, and teamwork. We cannot even imagine what is ahead.