Hey everyone,
I wish I was writing this from Cape Town to tell you I made it and have started to settle in. Unfortunately, I am still in Kansas. God sure works in mysterious ways!
I woke up on Thursday morning with a red rash on my face and decided to get it checked out before heading to the airport to catch my flight. I actually had been struggling with it for a few days and had already been to the doctor to have them look at it. Thursday morning was about the worst it had been. After running several tests, they diagnosed me with a skin infection they think was caused out of a sinus infection that I have also been dealing with for the last month or so. It is not contagious, but they advised me to wait for three days to a week to travel in order to make sure it clears up before I go.
I've never had anything like this before and honestly didn't even know it could happen! It is frustrating, and I am definitely anxious to be on my way. But I think God must have been watching over me with my flights being canceled Wednesday. If they hadn't been, this would have happened while I was on my way to Cape Town instead of at home. And that would have been much worse.
Amazingly, after being on hold for hours with American Airlines, I was able to connect with an incredible international agent that helped me reschedule my flights for next Thursday and waived ALL change fees. Normally, you have to go through the process of canceling your initial reservation, booking a new one for full price, and then trying to send in a doctor's note and fill out a refund request with the refund department. Even then, you usually only get refunded the price of the initial ticket and still have to pay any extra fees for the difference in ticket prices. With how much ticket prices had gone up and because I was would have been booking a trip only a week in advance, a new trip would have been almost twice as much as my initial reservation. That means, even with a refund, I would have had to pay the initial price all over again. I've gone through the process before, and it is not fun! I have no idea why that agent decided to waive all change fees without even seeing a doctor's note, but I am so, so thankful. If any of you are ever connected with Carrie from American Airlines, you lucked out!
Now all that is left is to get better. My doctor is pretty confident that I'll be well enough to fly out on Thursday. With how everything worked out with rescheduling my flight, I am pretty confident as well. Although it is super disappointing not to be there already, I do want to be healthy when I arrive. And, for some reason, God wants me to wait a little bit longer. Prayers for a quick recovery would be much appreciated!
Thank you all, so much!
If anyone is interested, this is an aerial view of the Century City area of Cape Town. The red oval I drew is approximately where the Hillsong Africa Foundation is located and where I'll be working. :)
I wish I was writing this from Cape Town to tell you I made it and have started to settle in. Unfortunately, I am still in Kansas. God sure works in mysterious ways!
I woke up on Thursday morning with a red rash on my face and decided to get it checked out before heading to the airport to catch my flight. I actually had been struggling with it for a few days and had already been to the doctor to have them look at it. Thursday morning was about the worst it had been. After running several tests, they diagnosed me with a skin infection they think was caused out of a sinus infection that I have also been dealing with for the last month or so. It is not contagious, but they advised me to wait for three days to a week to travel in order to make sure it clears up before I go.
I've never had anything like this before and honestly didn't even know it could happen! It is frustrating, and I am definitely anxious to be on my way. But I think God must have been watching over me with my flights being canceled Wednesday. If they hadn't been, this would have happened while I was on my way to Cape Town instead of at home. And that would have been much worse.
Amazingly, after being on hold for hours with American Airlines, I was able to connect with an incredible international agent that helped me reschedule my flights for next Thursday and waived ALL change fees. Normally, you have to go through the process of canceling your initial reservation, booking a new one for full price, and then trying to send in a doctor's note and fill out a refund request with the refund department. Even then, you usually only get refunded the price of the initial ticket and still have to pay any extra fees for the difference in ticket prices. With how much ticket prices had gone up and because I was would have been booking a trip only a week in advance, a new trip would have been almost twice as much as my initial reservation. That means, even with a refund, I would have had to pay the initial price all over again. I've gone through the process before, and it is not fun! I have no idea why that agent decided to waive all change fees without even seeing a doctor's note, but I am so, so thankful. If any of you are ever connected with Carrie from American Airlines, you lucked out!
Now all that is left is to get better. My doctor is pretty confident that I'll be well enough to fly out on Thursday. With how everything worked out with rescheduling my flight, I am pretty confident as well. Although it is super disappointing not to be there already, I do want to be healthy when I arrive. And, for some reason, God wants me to wait a little bit longer. Prayers for a quick recovery would be much appreciated!
Thank you all, so much!
If anyone is interested, this is an aerial view of the Century City area of Cape Town. The red oval I drew is approximately where the Hillsong Africa Foundation is located and where I'll be working. :)
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| Photo courtesy of: http://centurycity.co.za/ |
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