Next Stop.....Syracuse, New York??????

The bible teaches you get whatever you say...and I said "adventure". I never thought the adventure would begin before we left the U.S.
We arrived at the airport an hour before our 1:30pm flight to New York and while we were checking our luggage, found out our flight had been CANCELLED. No call to the cell # we provided, nor any email in advance. We explained we had to catch a 7:25pm flight to Kiev. We were re-routed to travel through Syracuse, NY, change planes in Syracuse and continue on to JFK, arrival time 5:20pm. The checked our bags clear through to Kiev, and provided boarding passes for both flights. The whole process took about an extra 1/2 hour. The flight to Syracuse was scheduled to leave a half and hour after our original flight. Not a major issue, 'be resiliant, we'll still get there' I told D & T. At least we did not have to be concerned with our checked bags in NY.
The plane was scheduled to leave at 2:01. At 1:30 they began to board first class. Partway through boarding, they informed everyone there was a mechanical difficulty with the plane and they would "advise" us at 2:05pm of the new departure time. Our connecting flight was at 4:00PM, and the flight to Syracuse was 53 minutes once in the air. To make a long story short....we passed the connecting flight on our way to the gate...there was not another plane to JFK to get us there in time for our flight to Kiev..so we are spending a couple of days in Syracuse. It was a couple of stressful hours, primarily for T. Our airline was not being very helpful, and in a small airport like Syracuse, there were only 2 people working, and they were also cleaning the plane and boarding passengers. We even tried to rent a car at the airport here, eight different rent a car companies all in a row and not one of them had an available vehicle. One offered a cargo van, but it only had two seats and there are three of us. lol. We just had to laugh. I told D that God must have really wanted us in Syracuse, so we are on the look-out for a divine appointment.
THANKS TO GOD THAT HE DIRECTED ME TO BUY THAT TRAVEL INSURANCE LAST NIGHT. I didn't buy it even imagining we would need the parts about missing a connecting flight or delays. The emergency number was sooooo helpful. She called the airlines, she gave us our options, she gave us hotel information and basically instructed us what to do.
The flight to Ukraine is of course the key. The only flight that could get us there in time for our scheduled SDA(State Dept of Adoptions) appt on 3/13, would have cost us an additional $5000. That exceeds the travel insurance max and we do not have that kind of extra cash laying around. It makes changing our existing flight plans for $200. each a deal. Plus the insurance will/should cover the additional charges. We have to pay up front and they will reimburse us. I just hope they reimburse quickly because we are traveling on a budget.
I tried to contact our facilitator in Ukraine, but by the time we knew we missed the flight, it was about 1am there. I pray that he will be able to change our appt date to when we arrive.
I won't know until tomorrow. It is 10am here, 5am there. I think still too early to call. Much thanks to Eric at Total Computer Support on Jefferson in St. Clair Shores for the laptop on loan. I had taken my old one in for repairs, and it was toasted. Instead of trying to sell me a new one to take, he re-programed his own to accomodate what I needed, and had it ready just in time. May God bless him for blessing us.
We found a hotel with a free shuttle and free breakfast, checked in and took the free shuttle to dinner. We need to keep all the receipts for our claim.
Syracuse is a nice little town. We would have probably never have visited here.
Well, it is time to get some sleep.
"God, you are the one that goes before me. You will not leave me nor forsake me, I will not fear nor be dismayed"