We are here. It's a little hard to believe and I have had moments of "I have to pinch myself" to believe it.
We gathered at the Airport in Victoria at 4 am. There was a crowd of great looking parents to see us off, we prayed and had our passports checked and went to security.
We took of promptly at 6 am, for a 22 minute flight to Seattle. Timmy, our newest flyer, loved it. There was a little nervous chatter, but we were completely stoked to be on our way to LA.
We arrived in Seattle and had a number of line ups to go through. We grabbed breakfast and got into the cue for the next flight.
We arrived in LA without complication and walked from the Airport to the Van rental. As Rob, Kent and I dealt with the rental -- Kevin and our Jr Leaders, Kiersten and Noah took the troop over to In and Out Burger, where we met another team headed to the Dream Center from Virgina. Our first new friends.
We had a trip to Walmart where we stocked up on water and snacks then headed to the Dream Center.
We had our orientation at 3.30, settled into our rooms and made our way to dinner. Yummy, yummy dinner.
We told the teens we had a surprise for them for the evening. All day we heard, what is the surprise. A few enterprising ladies asked me what to wear, I told them formal wear.
We got into Beach clothes and headed to Huntingdon Beach for the sunset. It was glorious. The teens and a few leaders were in the water for a while.
It was a blissfully easy start to a trip.
A big THANK YOU to the Board and Pastors of Colwood for allowing this to happen and to Craig, Sandy, Amanda and Tom for your help with fundraising. We know that we would not be here without your help.
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