My Journal Entry:
This morning was nice and relaxed. Check out at 11:00, then free time (which I spent shopping in alleyway markets with friends) until 2:00. Then was our farewell lunch, which meant finding out who our prayer partner was* (mine was Caleb!), singing the gender songs**, and lots of hugs and almost-tears. We were kicked out of lunch a little early because of Shabbat, so the team drove to Jaffa and walked on a boardwalk overlooking by the beach for a while before heading to the airport. Uneventful waiting/dinner/more waiting/boarding(although long - six hours in the airport before getting on the plane at midnight). We had to say goodbye to Luke, Emilie, and Mr. Wilson at the gate - Luke and Em are flying out later tonight to other destinations, and Mr. Wilson is staying in Israel for a while longer. His wife should be flying in to meet him as we fly out. And homeward we go.
*Prayer Partners... at the beginning of the trip, each person picked a strip of paper with someone else's name on it. That person was the one we would pray for specifically through the whole trip and bless with notes of encouragement and/or small gifts. I drew Luke, and Caleb drew me. Caleb's notes were a great encouragement to me throughout the weeks in Israel! I always looked forward to a message drop, not knowing they were actually FROM Caleb the delivery man (who passed messages between a lot of people and their secret pals). :)
**Gender Songs... at the end of every trip, the VISION girls get together to write a song about the VISION boys, and vice versa. The boys usually write their to a popular tune, and the girls parody a VISION song. They are full of inside jokes, a little bit of sarcasm, and a lot of love.
VISION XIX
From left to right, back row: Larry Wilson, Valerie White, Amanda Graham, Heather Lawton, Caleb Davies, Lindsey Davies, Mike Alvarez, Nick Mitchell, Luke Kanagy, Ed Dickinson. Front row: Trisha Guinn, Priscilla Norman, Emilie McDonald, Lizzy Byrd
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