Homeward Bound!

It's Sunday evening and we are on the bus. It's been a great day so far. We woke up early to get the luggage to the bus and to make our final trek to the Superdome. After a cooler (85 or so) degree evening last night the humidity and heat was back with a vengeance this morning as we walked. Even at 7:15am the mile walk to the dome from our hotel covers us in sweat! The Bethel superstars got to enter at the loading dock again to get to our seats before all the doors opened and the 37,000 people ran into the dome to get their seats. Glowsticks in hand, we participated again in the closing worship with the song, We Will Love You by Agape. Worship was great, Bishop Mark Hanson preached, there was great music and we got some killer ideas for our service in August.

After dropping Chayla off with the rest of the LYO Convention delegates we made our LAST sauna walk back to the convention center and then down the endless line of busses until we found our own. Yet again, drenched. Ick. We are looking forward to our MN weather, that's for sure!! As a great LAGNIAPPE (creole for 'a little something extra') the bus drivers took us through the lower 9th Ward. It was good to get the youth out of the area that really didn't show any of the effects of the hurricane and aftermath and into an area that looked like a ghost town.

Now we're back on the bus, trying to catch up on our sleep and hear stories about Calvary's and Vinje's weeks. We are currently in Mississippi... I think.

Stay tuned for more pics, links to more pics, and stories from more youth.

Over and out from the deep south.