Will you pray for the sanity of the adult sponsors this week? Clearly, our flight wasn’t going to leave without any students, but of course before we could even leave the beautiful state of California I was sweating. No seriously, I was actually sweating. It turned out a couple students wanted some Subway and so they went and got it five minutes before our plane began to board. Granted a sponsor gave them permission, but still 5 minutes isn’t a lot of time. Especially, when you accidentally cross back through the security checkpoint to get your Subway, without a boarding pass (because you left it with your sponsor), and then are forced to go through the entire 20-30 minute check-in/security check process again. Oh yeah, why was I sweating? Because when the last person boarded the plane and Donabel and I were left standing there waiting for our students, I got a bit nervous and went running (“Home Alone” style) back through the airport terminal to find them.

Ahhh…the joys of coordinating a trip across the country with 100 students!

As I am writing this, I am sitting in my seat several rows behind the rest of our group, praying for them, and thinking about how great of a week they are going to have. I just pray they sleep tonight or at least sometime tomorrow, so that Tuesday they will be fully alive and rested, so that their hearts can be open and alert to the powerful Word of God!

Hope you enjoy the airport pics…

Taylor and Chelsea saying goodbye

Analise and Curtis hanging out with their new friend Brandon (from The Point)


Bunch of guys having fun before we went through security (Two of these guys aren't even going to NYC, can you guess who)

You probably wouldn't have guessed that these two "gentlemen" are the ones who keep popping up in the pictures, but are still in California while we go to St. Louis