So I am so sorry that I have not been updating this blog. I have had a lot of computer troubles over the past while and internet has been sketchy at best. This is an update of the first day of my China Adventure. I will upload more pics when internet is more reliable. IF ANYONE IS VIEWING THIS FROM A LINK OFF FACEBOOK, I BEG OF YOU TO LEAVE A COMMENT SO I CAN KNOW THIS WORKS.
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Day 1 – The flight
The last Sunday in the states was a pretty good one. I would say that the day’s adventures started in Ashley’s ward. One of the last Sundays that I was in England, my companion and I went to a Pentecostal church because our local ward started later in the day. I thought that it was interesting there that random people would get up and start speaking from where stood.
One thing that I never expected was to see that in a Mormon church. Well, they did in Ashley ward. Not that it was weird or anything, it was just different. But I suppose that it was good because that would encourage people that wouldn’t normally bear their testimony.
After that we were taken to the airport for our flight. Everything went well and there were no hassles with that. We pretty much went in security and came out the other side. Once we got in to the other side, we went straight to our gate.
While we were there, we met up with most of the group. There were about 19 (I believe) people that met us there. Jacob met up with us while we were in Salt Lake City and he informed us that we would meeting up with some in Los Angeles, one in Korea and a family that would meet up later in Hong Kong.
The flight out was kind of obnoxious because we sat on the ground for about an hour because, as the captain explained, they were unable to get an engine starter. After that there wasn’t anything available to push us away from the gate. I was a bit bummed about getting out of the gate on time because I hoping to get there early enough that I could make sure that I could get Jordan and I an exit row seat but that didn’t happening.
One funny thing happened while we were in Los Angeles happened as we were going through the International flight checkpoint. With all the increased security at the airports, the have introduced the use of the full body scanners. The stance that they require you to take is legs spread with your hands together directly over your head. Well, I did just that and glanced over at the black lady that was manning the station. She wouldn’t crack a smile so I started doing a little dance during the scanning and I finally managed to get her to laugh.
The long flight wasn’t that bad. Thankfully dad was able to get me a Lunesta for the flight. While the pill didn’t knock me out, I was able to fall asleep for about six hours straight, which was good for me. We had a guy from that Philippians that was next to us, but he didn’t say much.
We had about an hour layover when we were in Seoul, Korea. I was a little hungry so I decided to go to a Burger King there. The burger tasted great, just as it should as it cost me 7 US dollars.
The flight to Hong Kong was actually pretty good. Obviously this is relative but surprising we were in a 747 for the flight. The nice thing about Korean air is that there was quite a bit more leg room than Delta provided for their international flight. If we were to move our backpack out from under our seat and recline the seat, we were about to stretch out fully. It was nice.
So that is all that I am going to do for tonight. My computer hard drive is broken so I have spent a long time trying to fix it but to no avail. Plus it is late at night and I am tired. I hope you enjoyed this and I will try to update more often. As well, sorry for the errors. I couldn’t install Office. 🙂