So as I layed in bed last night reliving what I had written about my first flight to Amsterdam, I remember some other details that made me giggle. So I will quick add them to my Day 1 post...
Since I was NOT going to get the upgraded seating, I headed to my assigned seat only to find a man already in my spot. THAT IS SO AWKWARD! He knew right?! How do you not know you are sitting in someone else's spot? I am all ready to ask him to move BUT he was wearing a black clergy robe.... how am I suppose to ask a man of the cloth to "get out of my spot?!" Then he looked up at me and with a thick African accent said " You don't mind, do you?"
Um, well no I guess not.. So I sat on the aisle. Remind me if I ever take another long flight.. I hate sitting on the aisle. I love sitting on the window where I can wedge my blanket into the window and side of the plane and sleep!
So now I am sitting on the aisle, and next to me, in the middle, is a young man. This young man, based on what I am over hearing from his conversation with the man in cloth is a homosexual and does not believe that God is mad that he loves men. I spent the next 10 hours watching movies with my headphones on in the hopes of avoiding be dragged into the conversation between the man in the cloth and the young man next to me. I thought about this a lot last night.. why did I try my very best avoid this conversation? Well, probably because I was horrified at the abrasiveness of both people speaking.. and the fact that everyone within three rows forward and back could hear what was going on... for the entire 10 hours, they were quiet for about 1 hour.. as we deboarded the plane the man in cloth leaned over and said "Miss? I hope you love Jesus because if not, you are going to hell." He then handed me a napkin with his name and phone number on it asking me to promise to call him to talk about it more.. Ya, um, no thank you. I love Jesus lots, and I don't like when people think they are better than everyone else because they do love Jesus. For heaven sakes, I need Jesus more than most people, and because I am forgiven does not mean that I still don't need HIM and am any better than anyone who does not know that Jesus loves them. Anyway, off my soapbox.
Ok, I think that is really the end of my first flight. The next post will be about my Amsterdam to Addis flight... or so I thought...
Since I was NOT going to get the upgraded seating, I headed to my assigned seat only to find a man already in my spot. THAT IS SO AWKWARD! He knew right?! How do you not know you are sitting in someone else's spot? I am all ready to ask him to move BUT he was wearing a black clergy robe.... how am I suppose to ask a man of the cloth to "get out of my spot?!" Then he looked up at me and with a thick African accent said " You don't mind, do you?"
Um, well no I guess not.. So I sat on the aisle. Remind me if I ever take another long flight.. I hate sitting on the aisle. I love sitting on the window where I can wedge my blanket into the window and side of the plane and sleep!
So now I am sitting on the aisle, and next to me, in the middle, is a young man. This young man, based on what I am over hearing from his conversation with the man in cloth is a homosexual and does not believe that God is mad that he loves men. I spent the next 10 hours watching movies with my headphones on in the hopes of avoiding be dragged into the conversation between the man in the cloth and the young man next to me. I thought about this a lot last night.. why did I try my very best avoid this conversation? Well, probably because I was horrified at the abrasiveness of both people speaking.. and the fact that everyone within three rows forward and back could hear what was going on... for the entire 10 hours, they were quiet for about 1 hour.. as we deboarded the plane the man in cloth leaned over and said "Miss? I hope you love Jesus because if not, you are going to hell." He then handed me a napkin with his name and phone number on it asking me to promise to call him to talk about it more.. Ya, um, no thank you. I love Jesus lots, and I don't like when people think they are better than everyone else because they do love Jesus. For heaven sakes, I need Jesus more than most people, and because I am forgiven does not mean that I still don't need HIM and am any better than anyone who does not know that Jesus loves them. Anyway, off my soapbox.
Ok, I think that is really the end of my first flight. The next post will be about my Amsterdam to Addis flight... or so I thought...