Sunday, October 17, 2010

Jesus Sightings on a recent trip to NY

In keeping with the theme from the previous post, I'm trying to "develop an eye for Jesus". Here are some things I saw and experienced.
  • on the plane - a father caring for his two young sons. he reassured them when there was turbulence, gave them schedule updates as our flight continued to be delayed, spoke to them gently when they got irritated at each other, spoke kindly of their mother (who was not with them), put a protective arm around them both when the plane jumped and acted like it was going to fall from the sky
  • on the streets in NYC - a sweet smile from an older woman I walked past
  • two couples from England who let me go first in line to check into my hotel room when we all get there at the same time around 2am in the morning. i saw them again the next day and it was fun to see "familiar" faces in a sea of strangers
  • getting two standby flights from JFK to ATX after I missed my flight due to travel delays out of the city
  • the AA ticket agent who noticed I'm tall and worked on getting me a seat with more leg room, not just on the leg from JFK to Dallas, but also on the flight from Dallas to ATX
  • on the plane - a (cute) Marine who put my suitcase up in the overhead for me 
  • barely getting to the connecting plane in Dallas before the flight left and being greeted by name by the AA ticket agent and getting reassured that I indeed had a seat on that flight 
  • watching the same AA ticket agent offer a first class upgrade to the military officer who arrived at the gate the same time I did. his smile of gratitude was fabulous
  • the parking agent in ATX who offered to stay at my car with me while I found my car keys

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