We're home! Why is the trip home longer than the trip to the destination? It was a great week--eye-opening, gratifying, uplifting, and reverential. To the very end, we had to keep up our strength by maintaining our caloric intake--doing God's work burns calories, as you well know. Notice in the pics what good stewards we were in cleaning up after meals, all with smiles on their faces. Don't you think the aprons look cute? Lovay was presented with a Sager Brown T-shirt amid thunderous applause from all assembled. The Vespers session on Thur. night was pretty amazing, with contributions from all 4 groups (2 from TX, 1 from AR, 1 from WA). Jeanine put a choir together and the coordinating team planned the program, including communion. Bill K. remarked that that was the closest he's been to Heaven. Let me give you a sense of the week's accomplishments: 7,000 health kits produced, 500 school bags made, painting and carpentry projects completed, untold number of birthing kits, assistance at Chez Hope (center for battered females), and, oh yes, some administrarive duties. Jerry and John reported they were boxing up health kits at 1-24 to a box every ONE MINUTE as we worked to meet a self-imposed goal. Thanks to the church for being behind us and I encourage you to speak with this year's participants so you can capture their assessment of the week. I think you should consider the trip next year (April 10). It will be a spiritual-social experience you won't soon forget. Craig
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