Dear Families and Priesthood Leaders
Every day we learn a little bit more...
First, we know you are excited to see your Elders, but PLEASE be mindful of the social distancing rules.
NO HUGS! We have all gotten really good at elbow taps.
Only 1 or 2 people at the airport.
Take the Elder home for self isolation for at least 2 weeks. Postpone the coming home party, please.
58 of us arrived safely in Johannesburg this morning. We met at the Temple about 4 a.m., managed to get us all, and our baggage, onto a 65 passenger bus and went to the airport. We boarded a small prop-jet and easily made the one hour flight. They even gave us each a breakfast box, which was sorely needed.
Now we are all waiting around the airport. Each missionary has a companion, and they are in Zones of 6-8 Elders. The Zone Leaders are making sure no one gets lost in each group.
Now for the good news. We are scheduled to leave about 8 pm on Ethiopian Airlines flight #8707. We will stop for a refuel but will not leave the plane. It is a charter flight, so it won't show up on regular Internet sites, but should be visible on tracking programs like Flightaware.
The scheduled arrival in Salt Lake City is about 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning. But, before coming to the airport, please check the real arrival time. The flight that came yesterday and brought some of our Missionaries home left 3.5 hours late. We do not have any information yet about the connecting flights out of Salt Lake for those from other cities. People will get that information when they arrive in Salt Lake.
Also, actual 'appearance' out of the terminal will be even later because we will have to clear Customs in Salt Lake City, and that will take a long time for so many of us. The flight includes Missionaries from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, and perhaps some other African countries. We will be a big group, and everyone has lots of baggage.
We are sad to be leaving, but excited to come home.
Keep us in your prayers.
Love,
Elder & Sister Allen
Sister Damon
Elder & Sister Gordon
Elder & Sister Lund
And all your young Elders!
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