Andy and Heather Swanson

Well, the latest chapter has began!!

We set off bright and early on Friday morning for Glasgow airport. Our flights were both quite busy, but thankfully they weren't delayed by the weather Glasgow has had recently. When we had checked in online our seats were spread out all around the plane. Heather put her "teacher hat" on when we got onboard, and organised all our fellow passengers around so we could be more or less together. Thankfully everyone was happy to be shuffled around - maybe the thought of having a two year old sitting next to them while his parents were 3 rows away wasn't so appealing?!?!

Our stop-over in New York was just long enough to get through security and customs then catch our breath for a wee while before getting on the plane to Columbus. The pilot for that flight was quite taken with Abi and Matthew (who were about the age of his own kids) and had them both up in the cockpit while we waited for the buggies (sorry, strollers!!) to be brought up to the gate. This was a big help, as their patience threshold had dropped quite a bit by this stage in the journey!!

Abi settling into the front seat...

So glad they took the keys out before they let Matthew in!

Keith and Karen were good enough to collect us from the airport, and take us back to Coshocton. We are staying in a basement apartment of another MMS family, and there were a few welcoming goodies set out for us, and stocking the fridge when we arrived - thanks to everyone who helped!!

On Monday, Michelle will be helping us get started on the important tasks of setting up bank accounts, and finding somewhere to live, but this weekend has been a nice relaxing time catching up with our sleep and trying to get ourselves into the right time zone!!

Tomorrow we are spending a bit of time with Mark, Jenny and Abigail, who are also with MAF and about a year into the MMS programme. We will meet them at church on Sunday morning then have lunch with them before afternoon nap time - definitely naps for Abi and Matthew, and maybe for me and Heather if we slip back into GMT!!!

It is still taking a while to sink in that we now live in America! Exciting times!
Thank you so much to everyone who supports us in so many ways, and for your ongoing interest in what we are doing!