Home!!

Home!!

Erika and Allie are finally home! After 24 hours of travel and a night in New York City, they both made it home safely this afternoon. We continue to pray for the groups that our still navigating ways home and give thanks that all 9 of us made it home safely (even if...
Cancelled Flights and New Plans

Cancelled Flights and New Plans

For those of you who were at church this morning, you may have heard that Allie and Erika’s flight home was cancelled yesterday and rescheduled for tonight. Unfortunately, after waiting through another 2 hour delay, their flight home tonight was also cancelled....
Happiness, Tiredness, and Delayed Flights

Happiness, Tiredness, and Delayed Flights

The group woke up this morning to the smell of beignets for breakfast and enjoyed spending our last couple of minutes in our hotel together. We took a bus to the airport and checked in. And then we walked around for a bit until Erika and Allie split off to go to their...
Opened Minds and Silly Shirts

Opened Minds and Silly Shirts

On Friday, we woke up around 6:00 to go do our accompaniment day project. We learned about gender equality and how social systems allow men to maintain power and force women to be submissive. Then we went to the Riverwalk shopping area to get lunch which included...
“Big Daddy” in da city

“Big Daddy” in da city

We were not going to mention this, but Ben brought it up during devotions anyways, so the morning started with Ben having an impromptu bathroom break at 5:45 AM. Then at 7:20, Micah impatiently knocked on Allie, Sofie, and Enna’s door. They ignored him because...