IS IT A NEW BEGINNING, "THE END OF THE WORLD" OR NEITHER ONE?

Waiting for the "End of the World"
at Valley Regional Airport

Just when I thought I was entering a new phase of my life, the ladies at the left, representatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses, explained that this world is about to end.

"Yes, the Bible is being fulfilled.  We are nearing the "End Times," said one of the ladies confidently.

I didn't bother to tell them that their cult had been predicting such an end for this world since the 1880's.  Besides, no one told me the world was going to end when I bought my plane tickets.

Businessman from United Arab
Emirates with Nephew

Once at Houston International, the Skyway quickly took me to Terminal D, with flights to Arab countries and Asia, where I was  befriended by a man from Dubai in Houston for his wife's cancer treatment.  

Generously, the family shared their meal with me and the man pulled his I phone from the charging station so I could charge mine.  When I asked if I could take a picture, two ladies in traditional Arab garb moved away, but the man and his nephew eagerly posed.

While charging my phone, Hesel from Cagayan de Oro sent this selfie.  She didn't like it that I have a 5 hour layover in Houston.

"Can't you take an earlier plane?" she asked.

"It's too late for that," I responded, but I didn't tell her about the "End of the World."