Day 1: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 posted by Elizabeth B.
Today we embarked on part one of our journey. The support we had in our send off was overwhelming! At 4:30 in the morning around fifty members of the church, friends, and family arrived at the church to see us off. The vans that we were to ride in for three days looked incredibly small at first. There are five vans each with around six or seven missionaries in each van. It is very crowded with all of the people and luggage and such. The set up of the vans was that you knew or were comfortable with at least one person. Within a few hours, I know from my experience, that you felt like you have known these people for a long time. While the car ride was long, it was eventful. We made several stops. One of the very first stops was because Rob’s van was having problems. They had to switch vans at the airport in Baltimore. After this stop, the rest of the stops were all to stretch legs or use the facilities. While the ride might have been fun, I’m pretty sure that I can speak for most when I say that getting to the Activity Center of the First Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina was a huge relief. Everyone greeted us when we walked in. The first thing we did was bring mattresses to the dance studio for the girls and to the Boy Scouts room for the boys. After we were all settled, everyone just hung out with Wilmington Youth playing basketball, or pool, or ping pong, or the Wii. Eventually, we had pizza and soda for dinner. After that we had a worship service full of songs and scripture. It was actually structured a lot like our youth group worship. Later on we had some free time and then we had to be in our rooms at midnight with lights out at 12:10 a.m. It was a great day!
Elizabeth B.
Wow!!! That sounds like it was a long day!!! But, then we were all thinking about you for that long, too!
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