Hello - Day 4...YEAH the sun decided to shine on us today! Hooray. Very nice. We had devotion this morning at Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana. Very cool lesson drawn from our experiences on the journey. Amazing how much everyone is experiencing! This mission was very busy today with the Quincenera celebrations as well as a wedding! Bob Hope was buried here in his garden that his wife donated for $24 million. I was something small like that for my grave!!!! Bill's friend Melissa Cameron came to visit us with her two children. Very fun!
We had a lovely ride up the coast to Santa Barbara and the Mission. They were in services while we were there so we listened to the music from the choir and Patrick led us in a little play time!
We had free time this afternoon, to wander around, eat lunch, play on the beach.
All the kids wanted to stay in Santa Barbara... and so did all the chaperones! We think that SMEC might need a retreat here!
Tonight we are staying in Lompoc. We closed the night with evening prayer by the pool. It is very easy to feel close to God in all this beauty.
The kids are all having a great time and seem to truly appreciate each others individuality. At dinner tonight, I actually heard the table next to us rating each others animal sounds...Jordan seemed to be the winner with the best cat meow!!!!
Please excuse the typos...we are all tired.
Peace - Karen
We had a lovely ride up the coast to Santa Barbara and the Mission. They were in services while we were there so we listened to the music from the choir and Patrick led us in a little play time!
We had free time this afternoon, to wander around, eat lunch, play on the beach.
All the kids wanted to stay in Santa Barbara... and so did all the chaperones! We think that SMEC might need a retreat here!
Tonight we are staying in Lompoc. We closed the night with evening prayer by the pool. It is very easy to feel close to God in all this beauty.
The kids are all having a great time and seem to truly appreciate each others individuality. At dinner tonight, I actually heard the table next to us rating each others animal sounds...Jordan seemed to be the winner with the best cat meow!!!!
Please excuse the typos...we are all tired.
Peace - Karen
Granted the pilgrims don't know who Bob Hope is, likely.....and chaperones, hope you are taking your vitamins, supplements, and probiotics!!! Tell Jordan her real, live, new kittens are terrorizing Matt and I, yet give us lots of laughs and joy. Blessings to all and best wishes throughout this richly-inspiring journey. Melinda
ReplyDeleteYou are making me tired!Chaperones, I know your guidance is the catalyst for the young people appreciating all they are seeing, doing and experiencing. Tell Charles his sisters are leaving for camp today, we all miss him, and are looking forward to his return. Many blessings Lynn
ReplyDeleteThanks for the effort continuing to keep the sidelines involved in the journey. I pray for your restored strength and energy day to day ~~
ReplyDeleteHow else could you ever keep going?
We will learn much more about the trip from this blog than we will likely hear from our young people when they come home. Again, thanks for the effort. blessings to all, ~ belinda
Happy travels to all you pilgrims; love following your trip. Karen, maybe we could fix you a special place in the STM prayer garden to rival Bob Hope.
ReplyDeleteLove, Judi
Please tell me there wasn't a stop at the Neverland Ranch . . .
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