Our drive to DC went well, uneventful, which is how we like it.
We met the Belleville group at 8:30, and we followed them (they have GPS).
The van ride was pretty quiet, the group is still gelling, but by the end of the night it was better.
They are mixing with the Belleville group fine, though that group is younger.
We arrived at 7:30pm, traffic into DC was not as bad as feared (thanks for praying).
We found our rooms – the elevated plastic mattresses will take getting used to, but the rooms are air conditioned.
The lady who manages summer accomodations is also a tour guide for the Catholic University of America (which is where we are staying, in the residence), so she gave us a walking tour, nice.
We had pizza for supper, ironed on our logos onto our t-shirts, and played Jungle Speed in the lobby.
One of my God-moments was stopping at a gas station and filling up – on caffeine.
I made myself the biggest cappuchino I could get, but when I went to the counter the lady said, `have a good day, its on the house`.
She said they randomly do this for customers, to give them a good day!
I thanked her for giving me a God-moment, an experience of unexpected grace!
Yes Norm Thanks so much! Its so great to see what they are doing and to see Esther! Tell Es her family says Hi!!!!
Our prayers are with you all. Have an awesome day today and praying everyone will have tons of God moments!
Hi Norm!
Great to see that you had a great start to your time in dcla. Hope that it’s an awesome week! We’ll be praying for you and your team. –Kevin and Jacquie
Pastor Norm
You are amazing! I thought I would just check your site before getting ready for bed and I had a blast looking over all your pictures. Then I couldn’t beleive not only did you drive all day and into the evenning but you still posted pictures on your blog! You rock! I see my son in a wheelchair in one picture, yet some how I still feel he is in such great hands. Thank you so much! Scott and Ally Laing