Northstar Arrival

The Northstar team is here after surviving a few hiccups along the way... If you haven't heard yet there was a pretty cumbersome process that involved navigating the ever-changing-passport-rules-while-traveling-to-Mexico as well as a lot of "pulling strings" with some people in the passport processing office... They got that mostly sorted out, but then their flight from Indianapolis to Dallas was delayed (which meant they missed their flight in Dallas)... But it really only cost them a few hours, which is probably good because there was crazy traffic between here and the airport... The picture of Jen shows her looking out the bus window at the traffic (oil tanker spill, 14 car pileup, hours of waiting)... It's interesting in Mexico when there's an accident! First of all, everyone stops to look... And not just a passing glance - they want all the details... I guess they figure they've waited their turn so they want to see as much as they can... But then you have to wait for a representative from each of the insurance companies to get there to document everything... So you can imagine - traffic backed up for hours, everyone waiting for the police and the insurance representatives to get there, but the insurance folks are stuck in the same traffic! Crazy!

Some of the team members were pretty tired by the time they got to the bus... Jordan found the bumpy, non-airconditioned bus to be the perfect place for a quick and peaceful nap!
As soon as we got back to LDM (the camp) we stashed our bags and ran down to the Palapa to eat... After dinner Beth briefed us on some rules and gave us a picture of what the week is going to look like... Then we did some worship and headed straight to bed... We are ridiculously excited that the Northstar team is here... It's going to be a great, great week...