Waiting. Lots and lots of waiting. Patience. Lots and lots of patience. This entire journey has been filled with waiting, and lots of practice in patience. Today has proven no different. Our travel to China has had us delayed here at the airport waiting for our next flight, all afternoon. It has tried our patience for sure. They say that anything worth doing, is worth waiting for. I believe that. It doesn’t make it any easier, but I am clinging to it. This whole process has been such a refining time for me. It is also such a picture of God’s waiting and patience that He extends to us.
This evening, that looks like us being challenged in patience and waiting while sitting in the Dallas airport, while our hearts and minds are already in China. We arrived in Dallas at 7:50 AM with a plan to leave at 11:20 AM for Beijing. It looks like we will now be leaving Dallas at 8:25 PM. Twelve hours at DFW was not part of the plan, but we wait. Soon, very soon, it will all be worth the wait.
Houseful of Houghs 
Hang in there! I’ve been to the Dallas airport many times, but not for 8 hours straight. Don’t let it zap your strength, and just think, you can sleep on the plane! Praying for you!!
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