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Ministry Partners,

In just 18 days the IRM Team leaves for Rwanda. Following is today's AP article concerning the volcano in Iceland and how European flights are still being effected.

Ash delays, reroutes trans-Atlantic flights

AP – This image provided by NASA shows the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano over the North Atlantic …

By SLOBODAN LEKIC, AP Aviation Writer Slobodan Lekic, Ap Aviation Writer – 1 min ago

BRUSSELS – Hundreds of flights between Europe and North America were either delayed or canceled on Saturday due to the spreading cloud of volcanic ash stretching across much of the northern Atlantic, the European flight control agency said.

Flights had to be rerouted north over Greenland or south over Spain to avoid the 1,200-miles (2,000-kilometer)-long cloud stretching from Iceland to northern Spain, Eurocontrol said. This will increase flying times by about an hour in either direction.

"We assume that basically most of the trans-Atlantic flights will have to be rerouted on Saturday," Eurocontrol spokeswoman Kyla Evans said. "We expect substantial delays because of that."

Approximately 600 airliners make the oceanic crossing every day. Around 40 percent will be rerouted southward and the rest will skirt Iceland from the north.

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I am thankful our tickets were purchased some time ago - Thank You Jesus - as I understand flights to Europe are now running $8,000 to $11,000.

Please continue to hold us and our travel plans up in prayer. Every member of the Team appreciates your continued and faithful prayer covering.

Phil.4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Prov.3:5 & 6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Arlene
for the Team