We should roll in about 4:45 am. All kids are asleep. It has been quiet for the last 1.5 hours!!! Haha.
Kids are still in good spirits but getting a little stir-crazy... (See pics below) Mcdonalds helped. ETA 5 AM in church parking lot We are stopping in Hammond to eat at mcdonalds. Should be about an hour long stop where we also switch drivers. Bye Ivan! Thank you! Then we set out for Delano. Something like 9 hours to go? We left at Round 9:45 our time. I will continue to update my guesses at return time. For now, my guess is 5am your time. We had an awesome time yesterday-- said goodbye to our family, or subway, drove to stoystown, white water rafted, then got awesome family owned pizza and came back for closing worship, family time, and a talent show. Only two kids fell in the river during the trip, both did great and were okay. The guides were very helpful and skilled. Both the subway lady and the owner of the pizza parlor who made all the pizza were very helpful, acted as angels to our kids, and have my deep gratitude for how well they treated us. I feel that we have been watched over by angels various times on this trip-- we have run into some kind, helpful people. We had some crazy breakthroughs late in the evening. This group is very close now and was able to share things with each other that they very much needed to. There definitely have been new and beautiful relatiknships formed. I am very proud of all the kids. No behavioral issues, no disrespect. Instead it has been quite the opposite; these youth are special and go above and beyond to show their appreciation to the adults and I, and they work hard to include all in this wonderful community. See you when we get home-- I'll give updates on our journey Yes We are on the way. Left at 9:45 I'll continue to update with posts. We are north of pittsburgh now. |
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