One day in Mission Field down...3 more to go...

Well, Monday day ONE is finished...although we still have a full evening of stuff going on...our mission projects for the day are finished. The first day is often the toughest, as everyone is getting settled in to new environments, learning what they are supposed to be doing, etc.

Once again, we need every single SIMY (servants in ministry to youth...a.k.a. adult leaders) leading a team at a site, there are none of us to spare. So, my visions of being able to update the blog regularly and upload pics, etc just aren't panning out as planned. So, whenever I get a few minutes, I'm trying to get you all a little info.

First of all - we are all safe - no injuries - no illnesses - no homesickness (except for the adult leaders, ha, ha).

Second - everyone is eating. No child is going to starve (now granted, some of you were smart enough to pack some food for your kids!) but seriously, we are across the street from a Kroger's, so the picky eaters in the bunch are in heaven. It seems that there is a HUGE attraction to going to Kroger's, so I decided to investigate. As it turns out, there is a self-check area there. Now I know that many of you shop at Schnuck's and I know these kids have seen these things before...but you would NEVER know it. They act like we brought them straight out of the back woods and this is their first visit to the big city! Quite humourous...

Finally - everyone is getting along great and the groups worked out really well. I'll post more about that later. I'm hoping I can get wi-fi at my job site, so maybe I can write some more stuff tomorrow during the day.

I'm having a difficult time uploading to the flickr account (by difficult, I mean - IT'S NOT WORKING...), so I am uploading pics onto my facebook page. If you are not friends with me on facebook, just send me a friend invite (Angel Hillman). Also, Shelly Stone and Carly Rees have been uploading pics to their facebook pages as well.

Stay tuned, I'll get you more stuff as soon as I can!