Why in the world are we traveling

As any adventure goes in life there are good and bad times. Yet for me the worst as a mother comes when one of my children gets sick in a 3rd world country. In Lake Titicaca, altitude 12,000 feet, Treava got very sick. We were on a boat tour of the island and the floating islands and Treava was lethargic and started to vomit and as the day went on the symptoms worsened. by night fall we had called the Touristico medico (Doctor who comes to You) who diagnosed it as severe altitude sickness and possibly food poisioning on top. He was a sweetheart and came back 3 times over the course of the next 15 hours to check on her and sent his nurse twice. He was so apologetic about how much he had to charge us. $35 for all the visits and $35 for the medicine and oxygen. I was scared to death and afraid of my worst fears of travel as she continued to worsen needing oxygen first ever 3 hour then 2 then 1. I could never be a nurse. Just the act of administering oxygen brings left nightmares for me. We all prayed and prayed and in the morning tried to get down to a lower elevation. The doctor advised us to fly as busing would require going higher yet and oxygen would be hard to come by. Plus we wanted out of there quick. Yet as all things go in a 3rd world country nothing is quick. So we said more prayers and finally were booked on a flight leaving at 3:40 pm. When we got to the airport the flight was delayed. We had strategically planned leaving the hotel and oxygen so treava would only have to go 2 hours without oxygen. Yet God does not close one door without opening another. The airport had oxygen and administered it to her. Thank god I travel with Hand sanitizer as they don´t clean the mask as they move from persons in need. As another door closed, the flight was cancelled another was opened. Of the 150 people on the flight the called only us up and offered us a flight to Tacna or Lima. We choose Tacna as it has the best medical centers in the country. They boarded all people for Areqipa and once aboard told them the flight was cancelled. They told them they would bus them. Caous surrounded us with irrate people. I admired the Lan Airline staff as they remained professional with many angery tourist who deboarded while we called for more oxygen for Treava. Then they cancelled a flight bound for Lima and pandamonia broke out as the Koreans scrambled for their luggaged and tried to get aboard our flight headed for Tacna then Lima. More prayers as by now it´s getting dark and all flights must leave by nightfall as there are no runway lights. Finally we are in the air bound for Tacna or so we think when the announcement comes we are going to Lima. I don´t care just get us down at this point in hopes Treava will heal. We arrive in Lima, Treava throws up, Noelle, Vienna and I cry and pray more while Chris tries to find a Hotel. Then the voice of God, ok Lan airlines speaks and calls us to the desk. Since we are not in Tacna and by the grace of god, the compassion and heart the size of a giant they offer to put us up in a 5 star hotel directly across the street from the best medical center in Peru and then fly us to Arequipa whenever Treava is better. What an amazing gift this was to all of us. Treava over the next 12 hours improved. We were all exhausted and relieved and grateful. The 5 star hotel had some of the best food we have eaten all free of charge and wonderful staff and a swimming pool to lounge and heal by. I am always amazed by the gifts the great Spirit gives us in times of need like this. As I tell my children remember to always be grateful for what we have been given. As Vienna will attest to Even in times of despair you can recieve a gift of a 5 star hotel, her dream. Please pray for us to have a safe journey till we meet again. I love you Lisa