Mexico, day 1: the numbers
5: airplanes involved in moving our group from the middle of the country to the west coast.
2: kids gathered around 2 inch ipod nano screen watching a movie on airplane #2
1: parent who was able to sleep during above reprieve. He truly deserved the sleep.
4: vans we will be using this week for transportation, 1 used exclusively for cargo.
23: people who waited an hour after picking up luggage for the vans to arrive
4,587: the number of times Jonathan and Hallie got in some kind of skirmish.
3: vans wandering around San Diego to find gas station, Wal Mart, food for over an hour.
0: number of GPS units brought on the trip
17: the number of times Neil and I regretted having sold our ‘old’ iPhones on ebay before this trip. (They sold in 3 minutes last week. For more than the cost of the new ones we ordered. Which haven’t arrived yet. And yes, we are now in lame back-up phone purgatory. And lame back-up phones offered us NO HELP today.)
2: kids who were transfixed by their first view of any part of the ocean at a great waterfront on San Diego bay.
1: unexpected fireworks display
36: extremely tired, but extremely grateful, people
Today was great. Today I remembered that Day 1 of a trip like this is all about logistics. Today I realized that the only time I ever think about having a clock hanging on the exterior of my house is when I’m browsing through Sky Mall magazine. Tomorrow…. we sleep in. Tomorrow we will worship together, guided by Psalm 100. We will talk about what it means to serve as a part of the body of Christ. We are a diverse group in many ways… age, experiences, gifts, personalities, expectations. We want to unify around the purpose of bringing glory to God by serving others.
Tomorrow we will load up our vans, cross the border and drive several hours to our home for the week.
Thank you for praying for us…. hopefully more updates will follow!
brett… christy made the same SOAR connection. Neil has mentioned several times how this reminds him of those trips. Sorry we missed you in BOTH places!
jenny… you’re very kind with your comments about church. the shoe pic was taken, oh, about 3 years ago. :) and yes, we are so very glad we made this trip happen with our kids. AND (as I’m writing this on our travel-back-home-day) we have shared our arrival times with those who need them.
granny & christy… pics will be coming. we had significant logistical issues with posting while in mexico. we’ll try to get stuff rolling now that we’re back. and the comment trouble must have been fixed on the church blog, because I just read both of your comments.
tom… thought of you several times. our time at this mission location was shared with a group from Oregon. a church plant from imago dei, actually.
brent… thank you so much. will post about it in the coming days/weeks/months. :)
Kim,
Someone was wondering what time your flight gets back into Wichita. Could someone let the church office know? It was, in fact, Neil’s Mom who wants to know!!
Crazy!
Praying for you guys on this amazing trip!
Good times…good times! I believe I just did a scrapbook page with that very incident invovled! How funny! Nancy-you MUST see my youth group scrapbooks…hilarious! We were all SO young!!! (and HUGE dorks)
I, too, posted on the FMBC blog but don’t see it, either. Hmmmm…
I deposited a comment on the Mexico trip traveling day post, but it isn’t posted. Is the group blog not posting comments? (really, it was a squeaky clean comment).
Kim, can you look into this technical question during one of your spa or shopping blocks of time? smile.
Oh, yes, Christy, those were the good ol’ days. Si si. Remember the big wheel with Neil tied on, spinning?
wow, what an adventure. you know, we’re just one state away… one very large state, but one state none the less. i’ll wave to the south…… can you see me?
I agree with grannynanny…post lots of photos! Oh, and I put a message on the group blog for Neil…have him check it if he gets a chance. I’m hoping a good laugh will ensue! Oh…the memories of San Diego…I believe both you AND grannynanny understand!!! summer 1995…many, many moons ago!
post lots of pictures. Am so glad you went, and so sorry I didn’t.
Hi Kim,
Found your comments today! Number of skirmishes made me chuckle. I have a feeling that will taper off in time. Your presence and leadership was missed today in church. Not that anything went wrong. It didn’t. Just didn’t have that “Kim touch”. Like the pictures on this page – matching shoes??!! When did you have time to do that!! In spite of all the hassle it was to get to where you are, your kids will never be the same because of it…and you might not either! I am praying for all of you.
Sounds like the old SOAR days! I know it was a quick stop through San Diego, but it would have been nice to at least say hi and offer and any support, but as luck would have it, we were in Kansas! Have a great trip