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. Mke wangu walihitaji kupata Sydney katika ndege mapema katika dakika ya mwisho kabisa. Mimi nilikuwa na kubadili ndege yake ya kuondoka siku moja mapema kutoka 1 Julai hadi 30 Juni. The ticket was a simple lowest cost economy class that was originally booked in April. I requested for the change less than 36 masaa kabla ya kuondoka. Get this. I got kiti, but here’s the amazing thing…I also got a $7.90 marejesho ya kodi. I can understand we have to pay a changing fee (ambayo sikuwa) but I got a shock of my life when I received a refund from Qantas Airways. Sikuwahi yaliyojitokeza mfano ambapo nilipata refund kwa ajili ya kubadilisha ndege!
Nini ili muhimu kuhusu kupata kidogo $7.90 marejesho ya kodi? Big mpango wa kulia? Well it was a big deal. Mke wangu awali ilikuwa imepangwa kufanya kwenda Sydney juu ya 1 Julai hadi kuhudhuria familia ya harusi. An unexpected incident happened where her mum suddenly suffered a stroke, and my wife had to rush to see her before 1 Julai. hisia kali-tamu ya kwenda misaada ya moja kupendwa, na kuadhimisha harusi wiki moja ilikuwa ni vigumu.
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 Agosti. 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 Agosti? I proceeded to check. Kwa mshangao wangu … 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).
Zaburi 18:6 anasema, "Katika shida yangu nalimwita Bwana, Mimi kelele kwa Mungu wangu kwa ajili ya kusaidia. Kutoka hekalu lake alisikia sauti yangu; kilio wangu alikuja mbele yake, ndani ya masikio yake ". 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. Somo la kujifunza: Pray to God for help when you need it. Mungu anaweza kujibu kwa namna nyingi zisizotarajiwa.
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