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Changing planes in Dubai, UAR<\/p><\/div>\n

After a month and half extra time in South Africa (we were due to leave June 2nd, but left July 14th), with confusion and coping with lockdown rules (no regular international flights, only restricted repatriation flights) and big hopes and prayer and a major false start, we boarded a series of 3 different planes that got us to the U.S., 25 hours total air time on planes with a few hours in the airports between connections.\u00a0 Our sweet Maddie wasn’t able to sleep much at all, so she was more exhausted than her grandparents, I think!\u00a0 One of the flights was 15 hrs long, and it wasn’t as bad as our flight of the same length last year.\u00a0 Kudos to Emirates Airline for more room and more comfortable seating.\u00a0 The flights were packed to the gills, so we were very careful about masks and washing hands and trying to keep distance as best we could.\u00a0 On all three flights we sat together in a 3 seat row, so at least we were only directly exposed to each other.\u00a0 We lived through a 14 day quarantine once we arrived to Plymouth, IN.\u00a0 Now we’re ready to roll, but of course still wearing masks and being careful.\u00a0 Roy has played pickleball twice already, and we’ve been able to get necessary things for our new home.\u00a0 THANK YOU for praying us home to the states!!\u00a0 There were plenty of times when we knew that prayers were being answered!\u00a0 We are blessed!<\/p>\n

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Waiting for bags at O’Hare, our final flying destination<\/p><\/div>\n

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