You hem me in, behind and before (Psalm 139:5)

As we got onto the Bs. As. plane, I prayed, once again, that the Lord would hem us in behind and before and lay His hand upon us ... and I was asking Him to give us extra seats to help us with the kids, even though it was a fairly full flight. When we got to our seats, it looked like we had been given seats in two different rows, but just off-set from each other a little bit; a side-row of 2 seats and a middle-row of 3 seats. Jordan and I were able to trade back and forth fairly easily with the kids and I was even able to make a little bed for Micah that would have satisfied Grandma Foote (as she's the best child-bed-maker on the planet) on two seats in the middle row so he could sleep lying down. WOW! I just marveled the whole time at how God had provided - and we didn't even "pick" our own seats ... it was just right for us.

In true Megan fashion, she began nesting as soon as she figured out which seat was hers. I wish you could have seen her with the pillows and the blankets. You would have thought the Queen of England herself was on board. And we were so happy to let her get comfy in her own way. She really was so good during the flight. One cute moment: When we were served breakfast, she opened all her little containers and said, "Mommy, it's like a picnic!" I told Jordan and he said she told him the same thing at supper time the night before. How adorable! =)

Micah and Megan both slept during the flight. Micah did have his meltdown moment, but thankfully, it lasted only about 20 minutes, or maybe it was less and felt like that much to me ... but once he fell asleep, he was conked until almost 8 hours later. For a 10 and a half hour flight, that was wonderful! Jordan slept a little and I slept for about 20 minutes because every time we'd hit turbulence, I'd wake up and put my hand on Micah. Interestingly enough, when the plane was roller-coastering in the air, he'd sleep soundly. When the flight was smoother, he'd be so restless. So between the two, I got virtually no sleep ... but I can't complain! I put on my earphones, hooked up our ipod and had an amazing time of worship in the middle of the night, while I watched the full moon out the window across the aisle. God met me on that plane, so how can I complain about sleeplessness? And besides, He created adrenaline and I got a good dose of that when we landed in Bs. As! When I get a chance to, I hope to write out all the things He and I talked about during that night of flight. I learned much from Him that night!

I'll end this post with Micah's first words upon seeing the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, outside of the plane window, standing on the seat, little hands on the window, with his sister's arm around his shoulders:

"OH WOW!"

You said it, my son!