Saturday, June 23rd Here we go!

Saturday was a very exciting day.  Tucker and I said our quick good bye's to Mom and Birk (already dressed for his baseball game-he does not like to be late!), the other two were still sleeping.  We took a quick picture and were on our way to pick up the rest of the sports team and meet up with the construction crew at the Church on 24th street.

Here's a picture of the sports crew at the church.  Top left to right: Me, Dustin Brooks, Mike Novy, Bruce Battles. Bottom left to right: Tucker (9), Karsten Battles (10), Andrew Novy (11), Julie Novy.  Not pictured is Dana North, an invaluable member on our team, not only for her interaction with the kids, but she was the only one of us that knew Spanish!

Here's a picture of the construction team that would be in charge of helping the local Efree church, Iglesia Evangelica Getsemani, erect a canopy over a concrete pad that they utilize as a basketball/soccer court/play area for their children's ministry.
Left to Right: Rich Lepper, Brent Thomas, Dylan Martinez, Bill Brannan, Jon Bark, Eileen Haynes, Joe Haynes.

We quickly got on the road to Omaha to catch our 2:30 flight to Chicago Ohare.  Once in Omaha, we stopped off at a downtown restaurant to get one last good American meal before our 8 days away.

All our flights went with out a hitch.  Tucker mostly listened to the music provided by the plane headphones.  Not much reading.......,but no video games!

We flew from Chicago to Miami.

Once in Miami, everyone was getting really excited.

We boarded a plane at 9:30 pm bound for Santa Cruz, Bolivia.  Tucker quickly fell asleep on the plane (which meant I got to eat two dinners of chicken and mashed potatoes).  I watched a classic movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth 2, starring The Rock and Michael Caine.........and then off to sleep around midnight for me as well.