I was nervous yesterday....flying into DC the day after it was announced that Osama had been killed and everyone talking about heightened security in fear of retaliation. I got to see this security first hand in the airports and on the streets here in DC. It sure didnt help that I was walking into a less than ideal situation with less than 3 hours sleep and was prepared for the worst.
I say all this to testify to how great our God is. He showed up for me in big ways yesterday.
I was rushing to the airport and had to stop at Kinkos on the way. The clerk processed my job in less than 5 minutes. (that never happens). This was great because when I got to the airport the security line wrapped around two trams! I got though to board in plenty of time :). The flight was quick and uneventful and we even arrived 20 minutes early!
My car was waiting (thanks Sandra). I got through DC with little traffic and arrived at my destination more than an hour early. No traffic in DC is unheard of! I had plenty of time to accomplish what I needed to get done and training went well which again was a blessing because it could have gone so badly.
After my workday I headed to my hotel. My client booked me in what they thought was the Hilton Homewood suites...it actually turned out to be a Homestead Suites on the same road. When I got there they didnt have the room I requested so i called hotels.com and I received a full refund (this was against their policy but they granted it because the hotel called them to say if they didnt charge me they wouldnt charge them.) This was great because I could not have stayed there...it was NASTY.
This left me with no hotel room. I stayed on the phone with a wonderful man named Carlos from Hotels.com while he searched for a room. All the hotels he checked were either way to pricey or were booked solid. After about an hour my phone was dying so i said goodbye and thank you to Carlos as he wished me luck.
With no access to a phone or Internet, I decided to drive around from hotel to hotel. Unfortunately I didnt have any luck there either.
I had almost resigned myself to sleeping in the car and started praying. Just then I happened upon a Panera that was boasting free Internet. I went in and each booth had its own outlet, so I plugged in my laptop. Within moments I found a hotel..a nice one and in the right price range. When I arrived I found it was only 4 miles from where I am working! I got a good nights sleep and the day ended very well. God is so very very good to me!!
I say all this to testify to how great our God is. He showed up for me in big ways yesterday.
I was rushing to the airport and had to stop at Kinkos on the way. The clerk processed my job in less than 5 minutes. (that never happens). This was great because when I got to the airport the security line wrapped around two trams! I got though to board in plenty of time :). The flight was quick and uneventful and we even arrived 20 minutes early!
My car was waiting (thanks Sandra). I got through DC with little traffic and arrived at my destination more than an hour early. No traffic in DC is unheard of! I had plenty of time to accomplish what I needed to get done and training went well which again was a blessing because it could have gone so badly.
After my workday I headed to my hotel. My client booked me in what they thought was the Hilton Homewood suites...it actually turned out to be a Homestead Suites on the same road. When I got there they didnt have the room I requested so i called hotels.com and I received a full refund (this was against their policy but they granted it because the hotel called them to say if they didnt charge me they wouldnt charge them.) This was great because I could not have stayed there...it was NASTY.
This left me with no hotel room. I stayed on the phone with a wonderful man named Carlos from Hotels.com while he searched for a room. All the hotels he checked were either way to pricey or were booked solid. After about an hour my phone was dying so i said goodbye and thank you to Carlos as he wished me luck.
With no access to a phone or Internet, I decided to drive around from hotel to hotel. Unfortunately I didnt have any luck there either.
I had almost resigned myself to sleeping in the car and started praying. Just then I happened upon a Panera that was boasting free Internet. I went in and each booth had its own outlet, so I plugged in my laptop. Within moments I found a hotel..a nice one and in the right price range. When I arrived I found it was only 4 miles from where I am working! I got a good nights sleep and the day ended very well. God is so very very good to me!!
