There are days when we need to know God understands our concerns – especially when it comes to taking care of aged parents. My wife and I encountered two unexpected surprises.
29/June/2015. Hiahiatia taku wahine ki te tiki ki Poihākena i runga i te rere o mua i te meneti rawa whakamutunga. I ahau ki te huri i tana rere atu te ra kotahi mua i 1 Hōngongoi ki 30 Pipiri. The ticket was a simple lowest cost economy class that was originally booked in April. I requested for the change less than 36 haora i mua i wehenga. Get this. Ka e ahau he nohoanga, but here’s the amazing thing…I also got a $7.90 moni. I can understand we have to pay a changing fee (i mea ai ahau) but I got a shock of my life when I received a refund from Qantas Airways. E kore ahau i tūpono te tauira i reira ka e ahau he moni mō te huri i flights!
He aha te na mahu'inga e pā ana ki te whiwhi i te iti $7.90 moni? Big tika mahi? Well it was a big deal. Taku wahine i whakaritea tuatahi ki te haere ki Poihākena i runga i 1 Hōngongoi ki te haere ki te marena te utuafare. An unexpected incident happened where her mum suddenly suffered a stroke, and my wife had to rush to see her before 1 Hōngongoi. Te aau kawa-reka o te haere ki te āwhina o te tetahi herehia, me te whakanui i te marena i te uaua i te wiki kotahi.
27/Jul/2015. My wife was now back in Singapore. My wife planned to go back to Sydney to see her mum and family again. Her desire was to go on 3 August. Flights to Sydney were very expensive at this time of the year. I had been monitoring the airfare on Scoot, Qantas, Singapore Airlines over 2 wiki. All expensive. Using my Singapore Airlines frequent flyer points to redeem a seat on the cheapest Economy Saver class at the end of July/early Aug was extremely difficult, to say the least. Frequent flyer seats were available, but they were on a higher class.
On that morning, I logged in to the Singapore Airlines website. What were the chances of getting a Economy Saver seat to Sydney on 3 August? I proceeded to check. To my amazement … lo and behold, there was one available seat at the 8:15pm flight using the Economy Saver class on the 3 August to Sydney. Just one. This was just one week before departure and God provided that one seat needed. I was very encouraged because it is very difficult to redeem frequent flyer seats in general 1 week before departure! I quickly booked the seat. The flight on the A380 was nearly completely full as I was selecting seats for my wife. Once that was done, I checked the Singapore Airlines website, and there were no more Saver seats. 3 days later, I rechecked and basically all the Saver, Standard seats were gone (see below).
Psalm 18:6 ta, "I roto i toku paweratanga, i huaina e ahau ki runga ki te Ariki, I karanga ahau ki toku Atua no te tauturu. Ka rongo ia ki toku reo i roto i tona temepara,; ka haere mai taku tangi ki a ia i te aroaro o, ki ona taringa ". The $7.90 refund and the ability to get a Saver class seat on the exact day we wanted to go, one week before departure helped my faith fly. Akoranga ako: Pray to God for help when you need it. Te Atua e taea te whakahoki e koe i roto i te ara tino ohorere.
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