I got to bed at 1am July 26th, and got up at 5am the same day!!!! Oh my!
We got to the church at 6:30am. Everyone was there on time! I couldn't believe it. I thought for sure that someone would be late. I guess we were all too excited to get started on our adventure.
At the church we got the van all loaded up, and we were ready to leave by 7am, which is what I wanted.
We took the driving the first day kind of easy. It took us about 10 hours to get to Memphis. And so the adventure began! Because there was no one at the church we were to stay in to let us in. I was racking my brain to think of what might have gone wrong. Thank goodness I had the for thought to bring all the information about both of the churches we were staying at with me. We started looking up the numbers of the Pastor, asst. Pastor, secretary, even the choir director....... No one was home! We left messages, and decided to go get something to eat.
We ate at this wonderful BBQ place called Interstate BBQ. Yummm.......
We still hadn't heard from any of the people we had left messages with, sooooo we went to the river front and walked on the Riverwalk. That was nice, but Memphis is very hot! We were all dripping with sweat by the time we had walked about a mile.
We got back in the van and decided to drive by Beale St. to see what that was all about. Just as we were looking for a place to park, we got a phone call from the Pastor of the church apologizing for the mix up, and that James my contact was headed for the church and would meet us in the parking lot.
James let us in, and showed us around, where light switches were, and showers, etc....
We were none of us late in getting to bed that night.
Sunday morning we got up those who still needed to shower, showered, we got coffee and breakfast, and were ready to make the last leg of the trip to Pass Christian, Mississippi.......
We ate at a rest area for lunch. My friend and co leader Denise downloaded our Pastors sermon for us to listen to on the way. Technology is wonderful!
We were all excited when we hit the coastal highway and got our first views of the Gulf. We got to the camp at Pass Christian about an hour early. Our trailers were set up in the cemetery behind the church! Yes, I did say in the cemetery!
We unloaded our stuff from the vans and dumped it in our trailers and took off for a walk on the beach. (about 2 blocks away.)
We all gathered at 8pm in the church to find out what we would be doing and have a worship service...... We went to bed! Thus ends the 2nd day of our adventure!
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