God provides

a man named John and 44 lbs of luggage....

God always gives us just what we need when we need it. I am always amazed at how God will provide things big or small. He knows exactly what we need! We had two experiences of God's provision on the night we flew from Nanning to Guangzhou. The first happened when we met a man named John as we were waiting for our delayed flight to Guangzhou. He came and sat by us as we were waiting for our flight. We began talking with him. We then stood with him in line as we were waiting to board the plane. As we were waiting, he and Ethan were sharing celebrity photo opportunities as Chinese people came up to them to have their pictures made with them. Ethan gets so embarrassed each time but he has really been a good sport and taken a picture at every request. As we were waiting in this line, it became really crowded and hot. People were pushing and at that point Grace began vomiting. She just could not stop. At this point, John suggested we move out of line and walk up to the area near the boarding door to get closer to the air vent. We did. As we were trying to help Grace, he went over and talked to the airline people IN CHINESE and got them to let us go ahead and get on the plane first!! This was so incredible. We did not even know he was doing it. It was so very kind of him. He also helped us get a wet cloth and a cup of ice when we were seated. He could do all of this because he spoke the language! Another cool part, his seat was in the row behind us. We were so thankful for his kindness. How awesome of God to send us exactly what (who) we needed just when we needed it!! HE is so faithful!!

Another awesome provision was a special promotion for luggage weight. We had known the restrictions for luggage were a bit more for in China flights than the international flights. Therefore, we had packed according to the smaller, in China restrictions. The only probalem was that I thought we each got 44 lbs of luggage. I did not know that kids only go 22 lbs of luggage. UGH!! We had packed for all 6 of us to have 44 lbs. Therefore we were 44 lbs over. We tried to add more to our carry on luggage to compensate for the difference. However, the scales in our hotel were not reliable so we were kind of guessing about the weight. As we were driving to the airport, our guide, Mary told us that we could have 44 lbs of luggage EACH today because of a special promotion the airline was having. She said she had just looked it up on the internet before we left the hotel. She laughed and said it was kind of odd because the airlines do not do that very often. We just knew it was God taking care of us! Wow, I am so thankful HE takes care of the little things!!!