Traveling home, longest birthday ever!

We woke up at 3:15 in Cairo to begin our long journey home. At 4:15 we all met for breakfast, and as I walked in the whole group sang happy birthday to me. It was a surprise, but great to know they cared By the way, I celebrated one of the longest birthday’s ever. Due to the 9 hour time difference and travel, I actually celebrated my birthday for 33 hours today on 3 different continents. Top that!

Our flight from Cairo to London was extremely empty, which allowed us to spread out and relax. Very nice. With a 3 hour layover in London, Lori and I had lunch with friends at Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant in the airport. We’re big fans of his, so it was cool to eat there. Our last flight was 11 hours from London to Phoenix. It seemed like an eternal flight, but we finally made it home about 7:00 pm Phoenix time.

Side note: the long flight allowed me to read Craig Goershel’s book, “IT”, which was an awesome and challenging read, especially for pastors.

It was so nice to get home and seek our kids, I can’t explain how much we missed them! So concludes an incredible journey, one that I’ll never forget.