Thursday 29 December 2011

Flying Off

Tonight members of our youth group got together at the airport to farewell Jireh and his family who are leaving for Singapore. Jireh won't be back for two years as he will undergo army training.

Jireh and I had to organise transport for the evening so I was hoping everyone would be able to get a ride to the airport. I think we just had enough seats!

Before we left, I had some business to settle with someone, and then Aonghas and I decided to spruce our new baby up before we picked people up in it, so we gave it a bit of a scrub and wiped the windows clean. I think it looked quite good afterwards!

We soon arrived at church, divided people up and left for the airport.

Aonghas's car and ours arrived half an hour before our parking was set to start, so we dropped off our passengers before driving off to the supermarket to wait for half an hour.

When we got to the airport, the Chans were already at the check-in counter, with a very long line behind them! It didn't take long for them to check in before they rejoined the rest of us standing around.

We then went upstairs to hang out by the shops. We just sat around talking, while the girls were playing I-Spy.


The guys soon felt like a big feast, so we headed over to KFC as you do, but it had just closed!


We moved over to McDonald's, where some of the girls bought a McFlurry (ice-cream), while us guys had proper meals like Big Macs, ice-cream sundaes and fries!


The pastor (Jireh's dad) soon indicated that it was time for them to board, so we grabbed what was left of our meal, and headed over to the departure gate where we took a few group photos, Jireh gave each of us a giant hug, and then we had to wave goodbye to them.

We ran over to the viewing area where we waited for them to pass through the duty-free shopping area. We saw them walk through and I think they were a bit lost! We exchanged waves, before they walked out of view.


Goodbye Jireh, we're going to miss you! We won't forget you, and don't forget us! We hope to see you again in two years' time!


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