Getting packed up for our ride to Charlotte International Airport
At the airport saying our good-byes. This had to be the hardest part!!
Saying Good-Bye to my mom was very hard for me,
but God gave me grace and strength not to completely fall apart in the middle of the airport! :)
Kids are ready, with passports and tickets in hand!
This was the boys first flight ever! They were so excited!!
More excitement and anticipation, not knowing what to expect...
Our Lord was so kind to my boys. As we were entering the plane, my boys were picked (out of all the children on the flight) to come meet the pilot and see the cockpit of the plane. They were in there for a good while....the pilot even let them speak over the loud speaker :)
They all said, "Hey MOM" :)
Our first flight was from CLT (Charlotte) to JFK (New York)...we finally arrived in the Big Apple :)
Waiting for the airline to allow us to start checking in our baggage....(FYI...we purchased 3 separate flights because it was much cheaper to do it this way...so we had to pick up our luggage when we got to NYC and check it back in...)
The plane that will take us from NYC to Kiev :)
Another great blessing from the Lord. We purchased regular economy class tickets....but ended up with Premium economy class seats :) Our seats were bigger and wider than normal economy... just another way our God showed us His tender mercies!!
I have no pictures from our stop in Kiev...we only had 2 hours to get though passport control, get our bags, travel to another terminal 15 away, and then get checked back in. We made it to the gate just in time...I think we sat down for 2 minutes before getting back up to board the plane. Another first for the boys...to get on this plane, we had to take a bus out to the plane and enter from the tarmac...
Finally in Kharkov, Ukraine
Bro. John O'Brien brought deaf Sasha, and Bro. Sasha to pick us up at the airport. :) It's late, and we were tired, but we made it!!!
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