Paraguay Travel Log - 10 April - The Arrival

Well, I got here. Long flight, on an exit row next to a window/emergency door that I think they forgot to insulate, so it was really cold all night. Overnight flights are the worst - even though the time zone in Asuncion is the same as Atlanta, the overnight on an airplane guarantees jet-lag like symptoms. But it was a nice, safe flight. My connection from Buenos Aires to Asuncion was delayed an hour, but got here fine. But, no luggage. Ugh. I've beaten the odds (sorry for the gambling language, but really it's mathematical probability language) over the years - only once having had a bag delayed. And that was a trip home to Kazakhstan, so no big deal. But now it's happened. I have a nice dinner meeting tonight and only the couple things I tossed in my carry-on "just in case" to show for it. Sigh. Main concern is whether all the chocolate goodies I brought for the missionaries will still be there when it arrives and will not have melted in the heat if it does make it! But if some delayed luggage is the worst thing that happens, I'll count it as joy! I had a missionary colleague in Kaz tell me when we first came there in 1996, "If you get here with your passport, your kids, and the shirt on your back, consider everything else a bonus!" Good attitude.