We just wanted to share an update on Allyse, we were blessed to be able to speak with her this morning from the Mexico City Airport as she was awaiting to board her flight to Dallas. We had been waiting since 2:30 am to hear from her, and once it got to be 4 am we figured that she hadn't been able to call, or that she wasn't able to get the payphone to work for her. Her flight was scheduled to depart at 4:15 am. So when we received a call at 4:12 am from 525-525-990-241 it only took Alice like 1.3 seconds to answer it! While Alice and Allyse were excitedly speaking back and forth, Tayson bounded up to our room in seconds (Emily was already present). I couldn't figure out why Allyse wasn't on her plane, so while they all spoke to her on speaker phone, I was looking up the travel plans to make sure I had the times correct. Mexico City is in the central time zone, and with her departure scheduled at 5:15 am, that would be 4:15 our time. So I broke into their conversation and asked Allyse why she wasn't on her plane. After some back and forth about flight times and the current time, we discovered that in Mexico they had their daylight savings time change yesterday (Sunday, October 27th), which means that Mexico City is on the same time schedule as we are here in Utah for one week. That would have been nice to know at 2:30 this morning as we anxiously awaited a phone call from Allyse!
Anyway, we had a really good conversation with Hermana Meanea for 38 minutes until her flight started boarding. She is flying in a group of 11 sisters and 2 elders that are all heading to Chicago. I felt really bad for all of the other missionaries that she is traveling with, as Allyse was the only one that was able to make the Mexico payphone work to call home. We were blessed to get to hear from her, as the families of her traveling companions were not able to hear from their missionaries. I am sure they will be able to call to their homes from Dallas in a few hours.
5:15 AM - Depart Mexico City for Dallas (now corrected for Mexico Daylight Savings Time Change)
7:45 AM - Arrive at Dallas Airport
9:15 AM - Depart Dallas Airport for Chicago
11:35 AM - Arrive at Chicago Airport
Allyse is doing well, she had a great CCM (MTC in Spanish) experience and is now excited and anxious to begin the next phase of her mission. She sends her love and really appreciates all of the prayers/support and communication from her family and friends. It was really awesome to hear Spanish words pop up during her English phone conversation. I guess that means that her mind is beginning to work in Spanish.
Thanks again for all of the love and support of our Hermana Meanea!
Love, John and Alice
Here is Sister Meanea's travel schedule for Monday.... (all times are our times)
3:15 AM - Arrive at Mexico City Airport (now corrected for Mexico Daylight Savings Time Change)7:45 AM - Arrive at Dallas Airport
AMERICAN AIRLINES 28OCT MEXICO CITY DALLAS TX 515A 845A
AA 1066 MONDAY JUAREZ INTL DALLAS FT WORT
V ECONOMY TERMINAL 1 TERMINAL D
FOOD FOR PURCHASE NON STOP
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 2:30
AIRCRAFT: BOEING 737-800
SEAT 20A NO SMOKING CONFIRMED
AMERICAN AIRLINES 28OCT DALLAS TX CHICAGO IL 1015A 1235P
AA 2338 MONDAY DALLAS FT WORT O HARE INTERNA
V ECONOMY
FOOD FOR PURCHASE NON STOP
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 2:20
AIRCRAFT: BOEING (DOUGLAS) MD-83
SEAT 28D NO SMOKING CONFIRMED
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