We made it safely...

We have arrived safely...four 12 passenger vans and a cargo van...with only 3 stops!!! If this is any indication of how the rest of the trip will go - we are going to have a great week!
Leaving at the crack of dawn has some advantages...a lot more 'quiet' going on during the first 3 hours of the road trip:-)

Our first stop was a bathroom break - and as luck would have it, we chose a gas station that had one bathroom - which gave us plenty of time to be the salt and light of the world to everyone that stopped, saw the enormous line, turned around to leave, and then were allowed to move to the front of the line by our amazing teenagers! (I know that many of you parents reading this right now are saying to yourselves..."why don't they ever act like that with their brother or sister?"...but seriously...they are a great group of kids!)

One stop for lunch and then one last stop and we arrived at our destination: Charleston, West Virginia. After setting up our rooms, we went to 'Club' (where we will have our daily devotionals, worship and debriefing each night) and played a few games before dinner. Tonight's meal was pizza from a local pizza place - Gino's - it was really good - so all of the kids actually ate tonight:-) Food tends to not be the yummiest (we are on a mission trip after all), so alot of kids survive on PBJ for the better part of the week.

We haven't divided into groups yet - so once we know who is in what group and what mission site they will be going to - I will try to post that info.