We're Home!

Hi, everyone. This is Mark typing.

The last of the team made it home arriving at McBIC around 3:45 AM. The Selkirk's and Armstrong's made it earlier in the day. I don't have much info on how their trip went at this point, but we are glad they made it home safely.

The latter group of us had a smooth border crossing, checked-in at the airport, then drove to a restaurant supply store with Madelyn (the Director of the Children's Home) to pick up some heavy-duty bowls & plates for the Home. We then took her to lunch at a local buffet restaurant in McAllen and enjoyed a final conversation with her before she dropped us off at the airport.

Our flight from McAllen, TX to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) went smoothly. Upon arriving at DFW, however, they announced mechanical issues with the plane. The flight was delayed and they ended up switching us to another S80 plane. I think we departed around 10PM Central and arrived at BWI around 1:15 AM Eastern. After a quick visit to "los banos" (the bathrooms), we found that our luggage arrived very quickly at baggage claim. Perhaps this was because no other flights were arriving at that hour of the night!

My sense of time was a blur after that. The Truitts drove their van while following Roger Knepper driving his van with the Lebo's and Hopkins' in tow. Layne, Roger and I kept ourselves mostly awake with some interesting conversation. Layne and I learned a lot about how E-bay and Amazon works, as well as some interesting things about the camera and video camera accessory business. (Thank you, Roger!)

Ok, time for some zzzzzz's. From the sounds of it, Jer and Nate must be fast asleep already. By the time I got the luggage in around 4am, they had dissappeared upstairs... and it's actually quite. Praise God!

Again, thank you for your prayers and support going back many months all that way to present. We could not have done it without you all!

Blessings,
Mark