We're Back

We 3 from China

Leila, Jin and Lily

    

     Friday, November 13th, we all woke up excited to board Continental Flight 86.  Home was so close we could taste it.  Boy, we were very ready and anxious to return.  Please don't think that our trip was bad.  It was not at all.  Our trip to China was amazing and such a blessing!  The past 2 weeks felt like 2 months, we were very tired, longed to see Jon Campbell, our family and friends, sleep in our own bed and possibly eat some regular and familiar food.  Can you tell Clint is not fond of FISH :) 

     Our travel group, now 10 in total, flew from Shanghai, China to Newark, NJ.  We began our travel home with lunch from Burger King in the airport :)  Thank goodness our flight was running on time and the weather was good for the most part.  After alot of wiggle time, seat squirming and movie channel switching, Jin actually slept the last 6 hours of the flight.  It was a great to be back in the United States.  We were able to move very quickly thru Immigration as we handed over Jin's brown paper sealed Visa documents.  Minus a few pieces of paperwork, Jin Taylor Holloway is an American Citizen!  We anxiously retrieved our luggage and darted to the closest Continental Desk to confirm our connecting flight to Nashville.  We were home free; we thought.  Apparently our 8 PM flight was cancelled at 8 AM Friday morning for unknown reasons.  UGHHHH! Yes, we were tired, hungry and the hair did not look good at all and now we had no flight.  The next open flight was leaving Saturday, the 14th at 2 PM.  There was a possiblility to catch a standby flight leaving at 7:30 PM that night.  We quickly took an airtrain to terminal A along with a quick restroom stop, proceeded thru security again and husseled to our gate.  Thanks to the help of Gloria, a Continential Employee, we got the last 3 seats on the flight which should've left at 5:30 PM.  God is so good.  We were definitley going home Friday night.

USA Bound!