Well, I got home Saturday night and had a great reunion with my family. I spent a good part of Sunday sleeping and just trying to cover some of the basics. The older two kids were leaving Monday for camp and I had a quick trip to prepare for too, so the house was a whirlwind of activity from early evening on.
Yep, you read it right. Monday I had to jump on a plane for a quick trip to Philadelphia. I have mentioned before that I am on the board of trustees for Biblical Seminary. Biblical held its annual board retreat yesterday and today. So, I woke up at five in the morning yesterday for my 7:00 a.m. flight. Now I am back at the airport waiting to return to KC.
The retreat was good. The people at Biblical are amazing and it is always great to be together with them. The retreat was held at Bear Creek Mountain Resort, a ski resort north of Philadelphia about an hour and a half. Or at least that is the idea...
After picking up my rent-a-car I jumped on the highway and started north on I-476. I had missed lunch so about 30 minutes later I exited the highway looking for a quick bite. However, when I tried to return to the highway I saw around 20 cars on the onramp stopped or reversing their way back down the ramp. Apparently there was a horrific accident and traffic in both directions was shut down for over two hours. As a result, I also reversed and went off-road, crossing a highway median in my car (that was a first) and found an alternate route that only doubled my drive time.
There is something unholy about my relationship to travel in and out of Philadelphia. I have documented my many travails with travel and this city on my blog (see here, here, and here for a primer). Today I didn't take any chances. I left the retreat center at 2:00 p.m. for my 7:10 p.m. flight. And of course, for the first time ever, I made it to the airport, dropped off my car, and passed through security with nary a hitch. Well, except that when I was in the security line an airport employee came in and announced that none of the bathrooms in the entire terminal were working due to a "sewage" problem. It was hilarious to see people break out of the line to take care of any anticipated "business" - myself included. Even so, I love this city and the people I know here.
I can't wait to be home though. Back in the office tomorrow. Back at church on Sunday. Drinking Broadway coffee. Preaching at Jacob's Well for the first time since late April. I am really excited. I am going to spend this week in the series that we have been engaging as a community on neglected women of the Bible. Then the following week we'll begin a new series through Paul's New Testament letter to the Philippians. Did I say I can't wait?
I will also start blogging in some of the details from our Africa trip.
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