Heading Home

Today we said goodbye to Randolph College but not before we took some final group pictures. Here are just a few.

 Dominick and the seniors

 Great friends

Even the young ones are protected.

We stopped at Chic Fil A on our way home. They were AMAZING with having a bus of about 30 people walk in. The manager asked us to sing after we ate. Here you go.....our final song of the tour...

National Anthem in Chic Fil A

Wednesday Part 2

After such a worshipful morning and time of contemplation, we had a little time of fellowship before our last event of this trip.

 While we were relaxing, our amazing seniors, Tyler and Lauren, went early with Frank and Janel to Park View Mission to get started on the dinner we would be serving to the neighbors.

We were so excited for this performance. We were going back to a place we had already served and met several new friends. In addition to the people we had met from Park View Mission, we had friends from Camp Timothy and Bethany UMC came to see us perform yet again. We seemed to have developed quite the following. While a nutritional class was being taught in the large room we were to perform in, we took the opportunity to explore the sanctuary of the once very active church. Dominick finally found a pipe organ he could play even though a few of the pipes were no longer working.

After our concert, we were able to enjoy the dinner we had prepared for the neighbors.....chicken and waffles. Thank you Frank, Janel, Tyler and Lauren for all of your hard work making this happen.

After clean up and even more fellowship, we went back to the dorms for our last Bible Study of the trip, our last challenge, the revealing of secret pals, our final tribal counsel votes and our annual superlative awards.

I was so touched by the kids' votes. Keep in mind that each vote that a student received gave a point for their family group. They had asked that we do 2 votes tonight since we didn't vote Tuesday night due to the late night. Their first vote was unanimous for Weber. I was so touched by their kind hearts and the love they showed to Weber. For the 2nd vote, I assumed they would do a normal vote. However, their unanimous vote this time around was for Frank. Many were thankful he didn't let us starve. :-) These kids are so amazing. All parents of these kids should be very proud of each and every one of them. Here are some pics of their final night together.

 Their final challenge was to arranged pieces of pool noodles into a scripture verse.

 I thought this was a great verse for them to be reminded of.

 Tyler and Lauren announcing the "Ducky Awards"/superlatives

As an end of tour gift, JNS gave Dominick a blue tooth page turner. He was a little excited.

There were lots of tears shed as memories and God moments were shared from the week. What a great week it has been.