What a day.
What I mean to say is, what a drive.
We made it safely to Martin, South Dakota.
On time even!
Okay, not so much but we were but a 1/2 hour late for supper. (Martin is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone. So though we arrived at 7:30pm our time, it was only 6:30 here!)
I can't speak for everyone but getting out here to Martin was not bad. Nebraska kind of went on for days but other than that, everyone did great. It helped I think breaking the trip into quarters. By this I mean, we stopped every 3 hours for a total of 4 times. The most interesting thing we saw, or at least I did, was as we were making our way around Des Moines, there was a gentleman driving a Toyota who had a bird with him. Thank goodness the windows weren't down.
Y'all, we have great students. Now this is nothing you don't already know but we do. Despite having the longest drive, being late, and perhaps being the most exhausted, our students jumped right in on the fun. When it came time for the site leaders to lead worship for us, the students were first to respond and offer their reflections of their limited experience thus far on the reservation. Already many of them are discussing the mystery and beauty of God's lavishing love.
We all crashed pretty quickly last night. Well, I know I did. Carrie is doing a wonderful job shepherding all 7 girls. Though we've been together only 24 hours I sense a growing connection between us. We've laughed and we've played, we've worked and we've prayed, and subsequently we have experienced the good and hopeful news that we love because God first loved us.
Tomorrow the day begins at 7am with breakfast. Here's to hoping the positive energy keeps flowing into our lives...
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