DEAR ONES, GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON. WHAT AN ADVENTURE. WE LEFT OUR HOUSE AT 10 AM, PICKED ANDY UP AT 11. ONLY ANDY WOULD TAKE US TO HIGHLAND TO BUY SPECIAL DERMATOLOGICAL LOTION. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS BUT WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT IN PLENTY OF TIME. IT WAS HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO BOB AT AIRPORT, BUT HE WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT THIS IS ALL GOD ORDAINED. HE PRAYED OVER US, OUR BAGS, PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES AND THE TRIP HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. WE LANDED IN CHICAGO AND WE HAD A VERY NICE WOMAN DRIVING ME AROUND. SHE KNEW EVERYWHERE TO GO, WE HAD TO TAKE A TRAIN TO A DIFFERENT TERMINAL AND SHE TOOK US ALL THE WAY ON THE TRAIN AND ALL. ONCE WE CHECKED IN WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS, WE SAT IN THE LUXURY LOUNGE UNTIL THEY CAME AND GOT US TO BOARD. LOTS OF CUMFY COUCHES AND CHAIRS. ONCE ON BOARD THEY STARTED BRINGING US THINGS IMMEDIATELY. WE HAD FRESH PILLOWS AND PILLOW CASES, OUR OWN SILKY COMFORTORS EAR PHONES. THEN THEY GAVE US REALLY NICE TRAVEL KIT CONTAINING SLEEPING EYE COVERS, TOOTH BRUSH AND TOOTH PASTE, SPECIAL CLEANSING CLOTH, HAND LOTION, FACE MOISTERISER, LIP CREAM AND LOVELY SOFT SOCKS. YOU TAKE OFF YOU SHOES AND WEAR THESE SOCKS DURING THE FLIGHT. WE SAT IN CUBBIES FACING EACH OTHER WITH A WINDOW BETWEEN US. ANDY NEVER HAD TO PUT UP THE SCREEN ONCE. YOU CAN STAND AND WALK AROUND A LITTLE IN YOUR CUBBY. THE SEAT AND FOOT REST ADJUST TO EVERY POSITION INCLUDING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A VERY COMFORTABLE BED. MOSTLY, I PLAYED WITH THE BUTTONS. WE DID SLEEP FOR AWHILE BUT I WAS REALLY TOO EXCITED. WE HAD OUR OWN SCREEN TV. MOVIES, NEWS, SPORTS AND TV PROGRAMS. THERE WAS A LIVE CHANNEL VIEWING OUR TRIP AND IT WAS FUN TO WATCH US CROSS THE LAND AND OVER THE OCEAN. WE LEFT CHIC. AT 5:30 AND ARRIVED HERE AT 1 AM OUR TIME 7 AM THEIR TIME. WE CHASED THE SUN AS IT WAS COMING UP--BEAUTIFUL AS WERE THE STARS AT NIGHT OUT THE WINDOW. FOOD FOOD FOOD. LAST NIGHT WE HAD A FRESH ASPARAGUS SALAD WITH OLIVE OIL AND CHOPPED CUCUMBERS AND ONIONS, GRATED CHEESE AND TRUFFELS(THEY TASTED LIKE LITTLE DIRT BALLS YUK) THEN WE HAD GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST, WITH SPECIAL POTATOES AND A YUMMY SAUCE, THEN WE HAD CHEESE CAKE WITH FRESH BLACKBERRIES, CHOCOLATES AND ENDING WITH WARM, FRESH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE. ALL NIGHT THEY HAD A KITCHEN STOCKED WITH TREATS AND SNACKS. I HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, ALL BRITS WITH HEAVY ACCENTS, VERY KIND. THIS MORNING WE HAD FRESH STRAWBERRIES SEVERAL SLICES OF FRESH PINNEAPLE, AND PITTED CHERRIES. FRESH FRUIT AND YOGURT SMOOTHIE, BACON CROSSAINTS, AND MUFFINS OF ALL KINDS. WE DID NOT HAVE TO EAT UNTIL LATE TODAY. THE LONDON AIRPORT IS HUGE, EVERYTHING WE SMOOTHLY THROUGH BORDER CHECK AND BAGGAGE CLAIM AND ON TO CUSTOMS. THERE WERE SEVERAL LARGE GATES AND IT LOOKED VERY OFFICIAL, BUT WE JUST WALKED THROUGH, NO ONE EVEN TALKED TO US OR LOOKED AT ANYTHING. WE TOOK A BUS TO THE HOTEL, WHAT A TRIP. WE ARE IN CENTRAL LONDON(DOWNTOWN). WILD TRAFFIC, IT WAS REALLY STRANGE RIDING ON THE LEFT SIDE. WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE CIRCLES, MY HEART JUMPED BECAUSE IT APPEARED THAT THE ON COMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING STRAIGHT AT US UNTIL I REMEMBERED WE WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC, THE WHITE DOTTED LINES BETWEEN SEEMED VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. GUESS WHAT, THE MOTORCYCLES RODE ON THE WHITE LINES BETWEEN CARS, TRIPLE AND DOUBLE DECKER BUSES. I THOUGHT THE PAINT FROM OUR BUS WAS GOING TO RUB OFF ON THOSE DRIVERS THEY ARE WILDLY BRAVE. I THINK THAT IF ANY ONE OF OUR KIDS HAD A CYCLE HERE I WOULD HAVE TO FLATTEN THE TIRES EVERYNIGHT TO KEEP THEM OFF THE ROAD. THEN THE PEOPLE JUST STEP OFF THE CURB RIGHT INTO TRAFFIC, DON'T LOOK JUST EXPECT ALL TRAFFIC TO SKREETCH TO A HALT. VERY UNNERVING, BUT OUR DRIVER WAS INDIFFERENT. THE DRIVER SHOWED US MANY SIGHTS: HYDE PARK, PICADILLY CIRCUS, THE PALACE AND KENSINGTON. THERE WERE ONLY 4 ON OUR BUS AND WE WERE FIRST OFF. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT HOTEL A LITTLE OLD MAN IN A BOWLER HAT, TOOK MY HAND AND SAID HELLO MOTHER LET ME HELP YOU AND HE TOOK ALL MY STUFF AND TOOK ME INTO HOTEL. IT IS THE MAY FAIR EDWARDIAN, VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL. ON THE WAY IN WE SAW MANY OLD, OLD ROW HOUSES WITH DOZENS OF CHIMNEYS JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIE MARY POPPINS, BEAUTIFUL OLD CHURCHES ALL MIXED IN WITH VERY MODERN BUILDINGS. PARKS ARE VERY PRETTY, RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF BUSINESS DISTRICT, A HAVEN OF PEACE AND BEAUTY. I AM TAKING LOTS OF PICTURES. WHILE WE WERE WAITING IN THE LOBBY, WE SAW A ROBBERY. A WOMAN WAS IN A VERY POSH RESTAURANT ATTACHED WHEN A MAN GRABBED HER BACK PACK. SHE CHASED HIM SCREAMING STOP THAT MAN HE STOLE MY BAG AND SEVERAL STRANGERS JOINED HIM IN THE CHASE AND CAUGHT HIM. HE LOOKED SO SURPRISED TO BE CAPTURED. IT WAS AWSOME TO SEE STRANGERS HELP HER. WE ARE GOING SIGHTSEEING SOON, AND OFF TO PARIS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. I ORDERED A CLUB SANDWICH FOR DINNER AND IT CAME ON A HUGE BUN. THE BOTTOME WAS AN UNUSUAL BUT TASTEY SAUCE TOMATOES AND LETTUCE THEN A HUGE SLAB OF HAM, THEN REAL PIECES OF GRILLED CHICKEN, THEN SEVERAL SLICES OF BACON, TOPPED OFF WITH A FRIED EGG. I WON'T HAVE TO EAT UNTIL NOON TOMORROW. PASTOR CLARANCE CALLED AGAIN, HE REALLY HAD SEVERAL PLACES WE WANTS ME TO MINISTER. I AM SO HONORED AND AWESTRUCK AT GOD'S PLAN. PASTOR CJ SAID IT IS REALLY A BIG DEAL TO BE INVITED IN THIS WAY AND UNUSUAL. PLEASE PRAY FOR DIRECTION, TIMING AND WISDOM TO COMPLETE ALL THAT GOD HAS APPOINTED FOR ME. TRUSTING GOD ALL THE WAY. LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL JUDY