We left Patos on Tuesday, May 9th, and caught a flight to Lisbon from Recife Airport which was 2 hours late. It was a sign of things to come!
We flew overnight to Lisbon and arrived on Wednesday (10th) about midday for a 3 pm flight to Heathrow. However our flight was cancelled owing to a fuel pumping problem at the airport and we are told another 62 flights were cancelled. Lisbon airport was utter chaos. The main problem was that TAP airlines gave us no information or help whatsoever. It was a disgrace. No hotel or food was provided even though we had to wait overnight!
We eventually discovered that we had been re-booked for a flight on the Thursday morning so settled down on airport seats for a long unusual night. Our only means of communication was via a coin operated phone box as not even the internet worked!
Gratefully our flight only left half an hour late on the Thursday and we arrived in London late morning (11th) and drove to Basingstoke. Liz and I visited dear Mum's body in the afternoon as Brazilian culture demands, prior to her funeral on the Friday (12th May).
The funeral was at 1pm and we were pleased to see 63 people gather. Thank you very much to all who made the effort to give Mum a good official send off. The service was beautiful. A number of tributes were given, including mine, the hymns were lovely and the minister Ian did great.
After the burial we all gathered back at the church hall for the tradional British refreshments and fellowship, with many we hadn't seen for yonks!All went off very well and we were grateful to God and relieved. Thanks for supporting and praying. Thanks for making it possible for Liz and I to be at my Mum's funeral.
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