We had to change our plans fairly significantly for Friday, but in typical form, the choir handled it very well. This is a better look at the pancake conveyor. I'm a fan.
Will's grandmother came to see him at our hotel!
Ian serving as he frequently did packing our bags on the bus.
Aunt/Cousins also came to see us at our hotel.
Naturally, with so many visitors, we decided to sing a little concert right there in the hotel lobby.
Appreciative audience!
Rest stop on the way home.
Meeting to talk about writing our post cards.
They found a geocache and left one of our postcards inside.
A room and their chaperone. If you wonder who's mostly behind Sir Trots-a-Lot, this is a clue!
Final circle. Just to wrap things up.
We got on the bus and headed home.
For the second year in a row, the tour didn't end the way I planned or expected. But it was a fantastic journey we took together, beginning to end.
I'm so grateful to everyone who supported us along the way, especially our chaperones and mentors. We truly could not have done this without you. And of course Wes, our driver.
And Leanne. I rely on Leanne for so much, some of which is playing the piano with us, but her detail-oriented brain has saved me so many times. She's just the very best, and I'm delighted to get to work with her each week.
Of course, as the pictures of our thank you note writing implied, many people made financial donations to help as well. The youth pay for most of the cost, but not all of it, and the support of so many at our various fundraisers is critical to continuing trips like this one. In fact, if you'd like to make a contribution, you can do that using this link:
This is the last post for the blog for the 2023 Youth Music Mission. I'll leave you with one more picture, from this morning. It was my first morning in town. This is what I had for breakfast:
Farewell, friends. Next week: Vacation Bible School!
Thank you for packing in lots of details to help us ride along and sing along vicariously. Three things will stay with me: 1. the photo contest entries--amazing! 2. "It's pasture bedtime." 3. The privilege of the trio easing Joyce and her husband's last moments. Mary Lindquist
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