Tuesday July 21st 5:45 AM - The alarm wakes me with a beep, beep, beep and reminds me that it's time to pack the trailer and head for the north country. Everyone seems a little groggy this morning but soon the courtyard is buzzing with people coming and going, carrying baggage doing the last minute cleaning and munching on sweet rolls. By 8:30AM we were pulling out of the orphange drive. About 2 hours later we were at the border. The Mexican check point was empty but long lines awaited us at the US border. The professional expertise of Enrique and Carol was amazing as they jockeyed for position, getting us to the US checkpoint with ease. You all must have been praying because we made it through the checkpoint with only 3 questions and a short peak in the trailer. One fuel stop and we went over to pick up my van and trailer (I forgot to tell you that we able to leave it at a church and not drive it over the border. This was a big answer to prayer). We then all went to the Golden Coral for a nice lunch before saying goodbye to Rick, Carol,Gabe, Emily, Kendra and Mario and Blanca. The watertown team began their way back home. Since we were in the neighborhood the team decided to take a quick stop in San Antonio to visit the Alamo and the River Walk. It was a nice way to leave Texas.
The rest of the trip was about driving. We had three drivers and between us we drove it all the way through to Watertown arriving in the church parking lot at 9:15PM on Wednesday July 22nd.
While that is all I have to write about, there will be more pics posted and more comments made by the team members to continue to follow the blog for a couple more weeks. The team will be giving a presentation to the church on Sunday August 2nd.
Thank you all for your prayers and support. All the team members were greatly affected by this trip and we are still counting on God to continue working in us and through us on behalf of the orphanage and for His glory.
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