God is Good!

We wake up & get to the airport. We get through airport security w/ our driver's licenses- 1st step down! We arrive at the gate ahead of schedule. We discuss whether we should ask the desk if we can board this plane w/ only our driver's license or if we should just wait until board begins to try to board. Before we come to a decision, our names are called to see the desk attendant. Here we go! We explain the situation & are told that we can not board w/o a passport. We explain that this flight from Denver to JFK is a domestic flight so a valid driver's license should be acceptable. She calls someone to discuss our dilemma. After 10 minutes she calls us back up. Her supervisor says that they will let us on, but we take full responsibility that we can not continue onto the 2nd flight w/o our passports. We agree & sit back down relieved. They call for boarding. As Corbin approaches the counter & hands over his boarding pass, it won't scan. She tries again. The scanner beeps & flashes a red X. She asks him to step to the side. My ticket does the same. We stand next to the door watching the line shrink as people board the plane. Corbin interrupts the woman we spoke w/ earlier to see what the problem is. She explains that the computer won't accept our tickets because it wants her to scan the passports. Does she remember that we just spoke w/ her about this? She said it was ok. She tells us that there's nothing she can do. We explain again the situation. Finally she asks if we want to speak w/ a supervisor...uh, yes! We wait as the last of the line fades. When the supervisor arrives I don't dare speak a word because I know that I will not be able to hold back the tears. Corbin explains the situation again: the storm, the passports, the visas, the Russian Consulate, the flooding, the friend, the court date- all pending on us getting on this flight. We can not delay! We have used up all of the extra days we planned in case of something going wrong! There is no other flight that will get us to Moscow in time w/o missing the court date which means L& O will have to spend another Christmas w/o a family! Thank God this man has sympathy for us & overrides the system by manually checking the box that says he saw our passports. As Corbin returns I can see a smile on his face. The supervisor looks at me & explains good friends of his just returned several months ago from Russia w/ 2 new kids. He smiles & says "Congratulations, you have a good trip." I can barely utter the words thank you & the tears come. We have literally spent days upon days trying to redo, replan & reroute every part of this trip which had fallen apart bit by bit over the last week. And at the very last moment God touched the heart of one person to make all our efforts be fruitful. Thank you Lord, You are an amazing God!