Things you won’t hear in an airport
I’ve heard a lot of travel horror stories during my seven-plus years at the Luke Society. Some of them, I’ve experienced firsthand.
I very much appreciate getting from point A to point B in a short time, but the quirkiness of the airline industry is on a level all its own. Here are 10 phrases you’ll probably never hear in an airport:
“Excellent. I was upgraded to a middle seat!”
“No thanks. I’m saving my appetite for the delicious airline food.”
“Crossing my fingers my seat is next to that crying 2-year-old on this trans-Atlantic flight.”
“I’ve been looking forward to this preflight safety demonstration all morning.”
“Mechanical issues? That’s OK. I’ve always wanted to overnight in Birmingham.”
“If we’re lucky, we’ll encounter some really turbulent air today.”
“Boarding group 7. Nice!”
“The safety information packet in the seat-back pocket is a fascinating read.”
“When the child behind me kicks the seat, it’s almost like a light back massage.”
“I find the constant swoosh of the on-board lavatory quite soothing.”
As outlandish as some of those sound, there are plenty of unlikely stories we encounter in the Luke Society that are just as far-fetched. Consider these statements. Mind you, these ones are actually true:
A health visionary grows a one-room mud hut into a premier hospital in central Ghana.
Three Malian doctors provide Christian health care in a country where 95% are Muslim.
A Cameroonian doctor lives in his clinic because civil war gunfire was sprayed into his home.
A medical practitioner bravely administers health care and medications in Myanmar while military forces are destroying and looting homes and churches around him.
A doctor brings health care to unreached people groups in the interior of Indonesia, only accessible by skilled pilots who land on grass air strips carved into mountains.
A doctor sleeps under a mosquito net on her own exam table in Cameroon because she feels called to work in such a remote place.
We serve a Lord who thrives in the unlikely. He’s a miracle worker, making the impossible possible. Take a moment to thank to Lord for the unlikely miracles we witness each day in the Luke Society.