**This Post Written by Mom**
Tuesday morning came early. We were out the door by 6:00. Jake was in good spirits, but pretty anxious!
After getting checked in, we went up to security and had our painful good bye hugs. It was hard to say good bye, but it's been such a long wait we were ready to let him go and serve! There were quite a few other missionaries and he quickly started chatting with them while in the security line. When we couldn't see him anymore, we headed for home.
His travel itinerary was from SLC to Chicago to Amsterdam to Manchester. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite that easy. Later that afternoon Jim got a call from Jake saying they were stuck in Chicago. After their 4 hour layover, and another 4 hour delay while they tried to find a replacement part for the plane, their flight to Amsterdam was cancelled! The Church helped them get hotel rooms for the 12 missionaries in their group. Tuesday morning Jake called again to say they would be leaving around 4:00 that afternoon (About 28 hours after they arrived in Chicago.) Shortly after Jake called, we saw an email noting their flight to Manchester had also been cancelled and rebooked for 24 hours later! We couldn't believe it was going to take three days to get to the MTC! (In the end, things turned out even different than this - see next post.)
Monday night I got a phone call from a man I didn't know. He told me he sat by Jake on the flight to Chicago and asked for my number so he could tell me how amazing my son is! He said they talked about the gospel for almost the whole flight, and he was stunned at Jake's gospel knowledge and his comfort and confidence talking about it. I really appreciate hearing the kind things he had to say about Jake!
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