STEM ’07
Monday, July 2nd
Hopkins International
Well, your highly mature STEMers got out of the church parking lot EARLY! After arriving at the airport in waves from 10:00-10:15, we were all through security by 10:35. Not bad for 33 passengers.
Our extreme itinerary change was revealed by Dave Leitch at the church. The 5 tickets for the Dan and Sue Friesner, Jon and Terrie Rader, and Jen Burman purchased through ORBITZ were accidently purchased (by a now very humble youth pastor) for returning ONE DAY LATER!!! Same flight numbers, same flight times, different days.Those five leaders will be staying one more day, and will be returning on Monday, July 16th!
Oh well, they will probably love the quiet after the storm, and enjoy an extra day in Alaska with out the other 26 teens and two leaders.
All the teens say ‘HI”!
Thank you to all those who helped with the transportation to the airport.
The plan for the return trip from the airport on Sunday, July 15th is as follows. We ENCOURAGE the parents to get their teens from the airport. We will be contacting the church with flight information and get them to the info desk.
If/When we are on time, we will be arriving @ 12:15pm on Sunday, so a nice little convoy from the church after the AM service will be taking place. Jerry Bilow will be driving the green van with the trailer. That will cover 15 plus luggage.
Time for me to fellowship with the teens for our 1½hr wait to board!
Your humble youth leader,
Pastor Dave
Monday, July 2nd
Dallas
We received a bit of a scare while in route to Dallas. A delay, and the possibility of a reroute stirred us up a bit, but we finally arrived only 45 minutes late. After getting to our next gate and grabbing some food, we had to wait for the plane ahead of ours at our gate to leave. All told, we left Dallas a little over an hour late.
Monday, July 2nd
In the air on the way to Alaska.
We are half way through our 6+ hour flight. Many of the young people enjoyed the in flight movie, “Meet the Robinsons” a pretty crazy, all-over-the-board Disney movie. Now the natives are restless. Many members of the team are wandering about the plane (as much as possible in a 757) and chatting with each other. The scenery out the windows has been spectacular! God’s hand in the beauty of His creation is always evident, especially when viewing the grandeur of the Rockies!
We flew over Colorado, Vail to be precise, and are continuing north and west. Our first-time flyers have received their fill of bumps and are a bit more adjusted.
The team will be going through a two-week devotional put together by Dr. Joy from BMM. Each night we will be getting together to discuss, pray, encourage, laugh, and prepare for the next.
I LOVE traveling with these teens and leaders. They are a sharp group, and so much fun.
Hopefully we can get this published soon, and maybe even some photos!
1 comment:
Thanks so much for providing this "spot" to which we can come and get updated! I feel so separated from my family: Deanna in SC, Dusty in VA, Reilly in Alaska, the twins in NY, Dan in OH, and me in PA (Jesse and Luke are with me at least) I wish they all had a palce like this that I could read and see what they are doing (especially Dan:)) I have been praying continually and am thanking God for safety thus far - esp. as it concerns bears and drowning. I think I will celebrate your safe return from "float trip" with some Moose Tracks icecream tonight!
Love,Bonnie Parker
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