My amazing plane trip home

In the normal logical world, due to the airline changing the times on both of my flights, I should have never made my flight connection in Houston since I only had 1 hr to go through immigration, then go get my luggage so that I could go to and get through customs, then re-check my luggage, then get to the proper terminal before my plane left. But let me tell you what God did.

I left El Salvador at dark o'clock in the AM. We made excellent time and landed 15 min early. The plane was more than 1/2 empty, so I changed my seat so that I was sitting as close to the door as possible and was able to leave the jet quickly. I used the stairs instead of the escalators to gain valuable minutes. I got to immigration ahead of anyone else and for the first time in my life, immigration didn't have one single person in line! Wow! Then I hurriedly went to get my luggage...both pieces came through in less than 5 min. When I got to the line at customs, a staff person told the person in front of me to go to a new line that was just opening. Now I was the 2nd person in line instead of way back. Double WOW! I re-checked my luggage and took the tram to my terminal. Once I was at my gate I could hardly believe that I even had time to pick up a quick lunch and call Kim to tell her that I was actually going to make my connection and she could pick me up at 4:30pm instead of the later flight at 10pm. However....when I tried to use my calling card at the pay phone, I discovered that my card had expired. I knew that if I had a cell phone and somebody asked if they could make a quick call, I'd let them. Therefore I figured that God could provide the right person for me to ask to borrow their phone. So I prayed and then headed toward the people sitting at my gate. One gentleman stood out to me. He was using his cell. He looked like a dad and for some reason it even seemed like he may be a pastor though there wasn't anything outward to prove it. So I sat with one seat between us and watched him for a moment, then prayed one last time before I leaned forward to ask to borrow his cell...but I was stopped short when he leaned forward to get something from his backpack....he pulled out a book called "Growing Churches". Yep, I thought, this must be my guy. So I boldly introduced myself and asked to borrow his phone. He said he was a pastor from Arizona and on his way for training at the Foreign Mission Board in Richmond, and I could use his phone all I wanted. I finished the quick call and still had several minutes to chat with my new friend before boarding on time. Is God amazing or what? This would have not been possible without God and so many of you who prayed for me on this day of travel. With much sincere gratitude, I give you and God thanks.