We arrived safe and sound at Eagle Ranch at about 1:30 today. It was a long but uneventful bus ride. We are so happy to be here! Nick will be our guide for the week. He was with us last year and we feel very attached to him. Miss Tammy was here when we arrived. It is great to see her again! She takes such good care of us. We appreciate all she does for us! It is VERY hot here. Right now everyone is just kind of relaxing and getting the lay of the land at the camp. The guys are over at the job site right now, laying things out and marking so we can hit the ground running tomorrow morning. Because of the heat Eagle Ranch has offered to serve us breakfast an hour early (6:30am) so we can hit the road earlier (7:30 am) and avoid some of the extreme heat. This way we can take the kids swimming when we are done to cool down each day. I'll try to put up another post tonight after dinner. We have a volleyball tournament tonight so hopefully we'll have some pictures from that to put up. We will definitely have to get to bed early tonight so we are rested and ready to go tomorrow.
On July 10, 2016 we will be leaving St. Mary with 32 high school students and 6 chaperones and heading to West Virginia. We will be staying at a converted church. While we are there we will be working to help some families in need in the area by doing some building projects. This year we are working with a new company and traveling to a completely different location than the previous 7 years. We are very excited to have this opportunity to broaden our experiences. We are all very excited about the opportunity we have been given. We have worked hard all year learning new skills, improving old skills, and learning to work together to accomplish great things. Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers as we travel and work to be God's disciples.
So glad to know you are all safe and sound. Keep drinking that water!!!! Thanks for the update Val.
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