andy moore

It sounds a lot grander than the rather more mundane reality.

With heightened security at Heathrow – following a failed terrorist attack on a United Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit – and a generous helping of snow in Chicago and across the mid-west, our connecting flight to St Louis has been cancelled, and we now face the unexpected and exciting prospect of a night spent at O’Hare International Airport.

By this time I had anticipated having checked into our hotel and the opportunity to enjoy a restful evening in preparation for the start of Urbana tomorrow. Instead I am left wondering how our other colleagues from Oxford, and around the world, are faring in their travels.

Ah well, it’s adventures like this that remind me that life, despite our best plans, is often not straight forward for many of our IFES friends around the world. This is very little hardship compared to what some students will endure to get to Urbana, and the reality many face on a daily basis, for the sake of the gospel.

I wonder what lessons God might be teaching us through these minor inconveniences, and will be teaching us in these coming days.