Blog Post: Day 1

                Our journey began at 3 am this morning when our whole group met up at the Sioux Falls Airport. Our flight to Minneapolis took off at 5 am. Everything went smooth for the most part. However, one of the students, Addie, had a damaged passport and this was a bit of a hiccup. The airport let them fly to Minneapolis but wouldn’t let them fly internationally. So Dr. Gonda and Addie landed in Minneapolis with the rest of us and went directly to the United States Federal Building, in order to attempt to get a passport reprinted today. It worked! Dr. Gonda and Addie caught a flight to Atlanta at a later time, and met up with the rest of the group before we took off to South Africa. The rest of the crew stuck with our original flight time to Atlanta and spent most the day fighting boredom in the airport. Other than a slightly turbulent landing in Atlanta, things have been laid back for the majority of us. We welcomed back Addie and Dr. Gonda with some cheering and hugs and are currently just waiting to board the 15 hour flight to Johannesburg. Wish us luck and smooth travels!

Addie Rojas with her new passport!

Addie Rojas outside the Minnesota Passport Agency Offices, now ready to travel to South Africa!!

Tired students at the Atlanta Airport!

More tired students!!