Well I made it home safe and sound! I need to spend some time and catch up with the holes in my blogging... I guess I'll work backwards and talk about getting home. I flew home on Saturday the 17th with the group from Norfolk and John. I was lucky to get upgraded to First Class which was wicked cool! Although the steward guy yelled at Carol when she tried to come up and visit me on the leg from St. Louis to Boston. Bummer man! We landed in Boston to nice and cold weather. Dad met me at the baggage claim and I got my bags, said my good byes to my new friends and headed back to my folks house to get my car. On the plane I wrote my presentation for church on Sunday. Got back to my folks house and got my car. On my way home, when I was about 0.5 miles from my house, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the fact that I was actually going home! The fact that my home was in tact and all my stuff and 2 cats was still there seemed to be extra special to me at that moment. I got a bit teary thinking about it. How crazy is that!??
On Sunday I made my presentation at church. I wore my pink boa from Karen's classroom! I'll explain it later. From the minute I walked into church I was approached with questions about how my trip was and how they had read about my experiences in my blog. I am still totally blown away by all of the support I have from this congregation. People came up to me to tell me how proud they were to have me go on this trip. I don't get it, I just went and did some stuff - no biggie... or so I thought... I don't even feel like I did a whole lot while I was there, I'll definitely go again.
Last night I came home and go the mail and there was a note from Holly and Charlie Webster thanking me for representing our church in LA and for me for going on the trip in the first place. Wow... I was totally shocked to receive such a letter. What an incredible congregation I am a part of! Everyone should be so lucky to be a part of a group of people who are truly an extended family to me! Their support and encouragement means the world to me! Thank you all so much!!
Next entry will catch up Monday night and Tuesday....
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