Journal p4

 

  Ginny's Journal, page 4 
 
   We stopped in the square at Poznan and shopped from 2 hours then had tea.
   We got back on the bus and they brought us to the hotel. We got  here at 
   7pm and then had a bowl of soup at 8pm. Gayleen was at our table  with 
   Carol B. and Ladell. Gayleen was very tired and went to bed right away, 
   that’s when I found out she had MS. I could not believe it, I would have 
   never guessed because she is such a go-getter, but when she gets too tired 
   her body shuts down. She has to take shots every night and the medicine 
   has to be refrigerated. That must have been a challenge on this trip. She 
   is so involved in everything kind of like a Wonder Woman. Then to have 
   this disease on top of all that she does…. Wow!
 
   We found out the total books we handed out was 11,000!!! Awesome what
   A few people can do when God is with them and the vision is before them!
 
   DAY 9 NOV 10TH, 2001
   Well, 3:30am came early today, but we were ready to go, even before the
   bus driver was ready! We got to the “new” airport in Poznan. It opened 
   up the week we flew in, but our last flight was into the old section. So 
   today we got to fly out of the new airport. It was very pretty, however, 
   we were there before they even opened their stations and right off the 
   bat they were 2 seats short. Our group of 22 quickly became two groups 
   of 20 and 2 that were flown out on a later flight. The funny thing about 
   it was that the flight that Sharon and Ladell were on got to Budapest 
   before us because they didn’t have to change planes in Munich. Oh, well, 
   it’s just the way we like it. That’s one of the sayings that we have 
   along with the word “FLEXABLE” and GMT (good missionary training).
 
   I got to sit with Gayleen on this flight and got to ask her a lot of
   questions about MS. I was glad to get to find out more about her. It’s 
   hard for me to think of her as a Grandma!!!
 
   We had sandwiches galore today! They sent us with a meal from the hotel
   of yogurt, an apple and two sandwiches which consisted of pickles, 
   mustard and cheese on a hard roll. I ate everything except the 
   sandwiches, couldn’t quite get into that combination. Our first flight
   had a sandwich with cheese and butter and lettuce on an oblong roll. 
   (I ate that one).
 
   The next flight we took had another sandwich that consisted of roll,
   cheese, lettuce and tomato (I ate that one too) with a piece of chocolate
   and orange juice. Then on the last plane we took from Munich to Budapest 
   we got yet another sandwich!!! This one consisted of Bologna and cream 
   cheese. (I skipped that one!) That’s just too many sandwiches in one day!
 
   We got to our hotel just after 2pm. Dropped off our luggage and jumped on the bus 
   for a ride to our dinner. We had chimichangas at a Mexican restaurant called the 
   "Iguana”. It was good and I ate it all! We had flan for dessert, but I wasn’t 
   impressed by it. 
 
   By the time we got back to the hotel it was 4:30pm, almost dark. I went upstairs 
   to change into a t-shirt and ran down-stairs to see if anyone wanted to go for a 
   walk, but I didn’t find anyone. We can only go out in groups of three or more here,
   and we are not allowed out after dark.
 
   I noticed the traffic here is very congested. Nothing like in Poland! It takes us 
   a while to get places because of the traffic. Since I couldn’t find anyone to walk 
   with and the gym was closed. I climbed the staircases at either end of the hallways. 
   Did about 30 minutes of that and I felt better.
 
   My left leg and hip was bothering from all the sitting and being in confined spaces, 
   so it was good to stretch out. I also met Tommy and Gayleen along the way and they 
   ended up working out like I did.
 

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