After a 90 minute delay on the tarmac, we finally left London Heathrow for our 10 hour air-trek across North Africa, the Middle East and India to arrive at Chennai Airport. Chennai Airport’s airport code is MAA. If you’re wondering how you get MAA from a place called Chennai, it’s because under British Rule, the city’s name was changed to Madraas… hence, MAA.
We landed just after 3:30 am India time, and rolled groggily off the plane after attempting (in most instances unsuccessfully) to get a little shut-eye.
And this is the famous “India Team Sign”. It’s a GCC India Team tradition to pose in front of this sign shortly before entering Immigration. We’ve done this for years now, and I particularly love the sign because across the banner at the top, a Hindu proverb reads, “Do thy labor diligently, but lay not claim to its fruit.” As followers of Christ, we are working hard to build a foundation for the Kingdom of God. However, we are also standing on the proverbial shoulders of men and women who carry the work on far beyond us, and because we are all One Body, this proverb is apropos.
We finally exited Immigration at about 5 am with all our gear, and found the bright and happy smiles of our brothers Raj and Anand waiting for us. In typical Indian fashion, we were greeted with gifts, hospitable hugs and ready vehicles prepared to carry us away to a nearby Western hotel for some brief clean-up.
We landed just after 3:30 am India time, and rolled groggily off the plane after attempting (in most instances unsuccessfully) to get a little shut-eye.
And this is the famous “India Team Sign”. It’s a GCC India Team tradition to pose in front of this sign shortly before entering Immigration. We’ve done this for years now, and I particularly love the sign because across the banner at the top, a Hindu proverb reads, “Do thy labor diligently, but lay not claim to its fruit.” As followers of Christ, we are working hard to build a foundation for the Kingdom of God. However, we are also standing on the proverbial shoulders of men and women who carry the work on far beyond us, and because we are all One Body, this proverb is apropos.
We finally exited Immigration at about 5 am with all our gear, and found the bright and happy smiles of our brothers Raj and Anand waiting for us. In typical Indian fashion, we were greeted with gifts, hospitable hugs and ready vehicles prepared to carry us away to a nearby Western hotel for some brief clean-up.
2 comments:
Glad to hear there were no problems. Get some rest !
Gene
Glad to hear you made it there safe!
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