South Dakota - Day 1

Throughout the week I'll be posting parts of the journal that I kept while in South Dakota.  Since I didn't have internet access and wasn't able to blog about the trip while there - I still want to give everyone an opportunity to read about it!  This post was written on Thursday, June 25th after arriving in Rapid City, South Dakota.

We’re Here!

How long does it take to go from opposite ends of the Minneapolis Airport?  About 25!  Which is the exact amount of time we had after we got off the plane from Indy and got on the plane for Rapid City!  The final call for our flight was made just as we came running around the corner.  Sweaty, out of breath, and tired – all 15 of us made our flight to Rapid City!  Everyone did a great job staying with the group and not complaining when there wasn’t time for a bathroom trip between flights.

Northwest Air has been amazing all day long.  From the ticket counter at Indy where they were extremely helpful and accommodating for a group our size to Minneapolis where they held the plane (much to the dismay of the 10 or so people who thought they were going to get to bump flights and take our seats!)– everything has been extremely smooth.  They have even begun serving peanuts or cookies along with their in-flight drinks!

 We got into Rapid tonight a little earlier than expected, so we took advantage of the evening. and headed to Mt. Rushmore after a quick stop for food at Wendy’s.  I love the innocence of children.  When I said that we were stopping by Wendy’s for dinner one of the younger kids on the trip said … “But I thought they had nothing”.  During our trainings we had talked about how the people we were going to minister too didn’t have the things that we have … and in his mind that meant absolutely NOTHING!

 The trip to Mt. Rushmore was great and gave everyone a chance to walk around a bit after being on the airplane all day.   Here are a few pics from our Mt. Rushmore trip.