At the Atlanta Airport

After a great drive to Atlanta, we arrived very early (Thanks Mike, and we sincerely mean it this time!) and had a wonderful lunch at Long Horn Steakhouse... probably the last good meal Indie will get for almost a month. She had ribs... yum!! Also, the last of the normal meat she will eat too. Ewww - goat. Yuck. Which is a delicacy in Kenya. They don't usually get to have goat meat, but they are celebrating having the Mercer on Mission crew with them to work on the irrigation system for their village, so goat is added to the usual fare of communal mush pot and fruit. I expect to see a very skinny Indie return. And trust me, it's not like she has much to lose. I took this one photo, for kicks, of where she keeps her passport (she had to lift her shirt) which for the sake of Grandparents and Fathers it will not appear here (too sexy!).

Here we are - we just arrived outside the terminal and met up with some of the other early birds (and you can barely see the hidden passport thingy! That's about when I had her flash me!)

"Seriously?!"
Actually, Indie... I wanted to show everyone the olive duffel bags that are being brought to the village, or possibly they are being delivered elsewhere (it was unclear). They are full of vitamins and such. Each weighed about 40 lbs. Somehow Indie will have to carry that as well as her backpack. Hopefully just at the airports?

She said I could take another photo and she would smile. She actually did smile, I just didn't capture it, but that's OK...this is totally an "Indie Face". I like it! (oh, see that amazon woman in the background? I think that's Indie's Buddy!! hahaha)

Mike and Indie. I expect Mike will know every detail the minute it hits the blog. We just hope the blog guy gets to blog! Apparently, the no-electronics rule is being ignored and some people aren't too happy about that.

We got checked in just fine because we were extra early like nearly 3 1/2 hr to 4 hrs before our flight early (yes, Mike we recognized that you were responsible for that more than once!), but the group members who arrived 2 1/2 hrs before departure (like they were supposed to) were still at the back of the line an hour later when Mike and I said good bye to Indie. They had maybe moved forward 4 feet. Ouch. No electronics kinda sucks because we are just assuming they made it through security on time and all got on the plane. I hope Indie loved London!