5:00 am , May 31st 2008 : The bus left Asbury UMC
5:02 am , May 31st 2008 : Jason lead the group with a traveling prayer.
6:07 am , May 31st 2008 : Pastor Kip let out a bellowing belch and woke the entire crew up.
7:11 am, May 31st 2008 : Rest Area stop in Iowa.
12:00 pm, May 31st 2008 : Everyone woke up and had lunch in Missouri...getting warmer!
3:04 pm, May 31st 2008 : Jason used the bus bathroom....HUGE mistake (gag reflexes).
5:30 pm, May 31st 2008 : Everyone enjoyed a hearty meal at the Cracker Barrel in Tennessee.
7:03 pm, May 31st 2008 : On the road again...I just can't wait to get on the road again, going places that i've never been, OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH...On the road again.....
12:02 am, June 1st 2008 : Everyone is informed we won't arrive to New Orleans until 3 am and Pastor Kip in a raging state rips the door off the bus and starts running...we picked him up a mile later....apologies were said and the door was reattached.
3:15 am, June 1st 2008 : We finally arrived in the big New O. People unpacked and hit the sack.
We all woke up Sunday morning to attend Rayne United Methodist Church. Oddly enough, the sermon dealt with Noah's Ark and the flooding and today is the first day of Hurricane Season. We had some fun after church while Alex Anderson retrieved Mardi Gras beads from trees and power lines (with a rake) for everyone. Then came the swamp tour. Gators galore...what an experience.
On the swamp tour, Roxie Pogany was very amused by the feeding of the gators. So amused the she threw herself into the water just to spoon feed a baby aligator. Speaking of baby aligators, Boston Masters was tragically urinated upon by a 10 month old gator...what an experience!
Next we headed to the Oak Alley Plantation. The plantation itself and the oak trees were beautiful, but we all took a bigger message back from our visit. It was a shock to us all that the slavery problem was taken so lightly throughout the tour. It made us think of how slave owners treated people and how we treat people today and how the problem is not taken to the extent it should be taken.
Finally, we ate at The Cabin, which was about an hour away from New Orleans. Ashley Wilts, Hope Johnson, Alex Anderson, and Dominic Studzinski took a try at fried aligator...yummy!!! The Cabin was an old slave house which was very interesting for everyone to see.
We all then retreated back to People's House United Methodist Church for devotions and journaling. More to come tomorrow.
*This blog contains fact and fiction. You yourself can decide which is which. (The story on Boston Masters is 100% fact!)*
By: Hope Johnson & Ashley Wilts
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3 comments:
We are so glad to hear that you have arrived safely and that you had such an eventful Sunday!
God bless each of you.
Well I thought I left you all a comment last night. Anyway...glad you did arrive safely even if was way later and you had to witness Pastor Kip's rage. I think anger management classes are probably in store when he gets back.:-)
Boston, Boston...can you not go anywhere without making a scene... really urinating in public. :-)
Glad the sightseeing was a good time. Everyone take ... be safe and be the Light and Love of Christ.
Thinking of you all -glad you had a safe trip and fun on Sunday. Have a great week!! Love & prayers!!
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