Sitting in Chicago

I am sitting in the international terminal in Chicago waiting for our flight to board. Left the house around 12:30 and after picking up David, met everyone else in Crawfordsville. We took two college vans from there to O'Hare, picking up three others in our group up in Crown Point, Indiana. No problems travelling, and the check-in and security went very smoothly. Now, the joy of spending fourteen hours on a flight -- hoping I don't go crazy!! Our group is both excited and a little subdued -- I think we all are missing our families already, and realize the extent of this amazing trip/journey ahead of us. By the way, I sat by Nathan all the way to Chicago. (He threatened me to put his name in the blog!)

I'll try and drop a note when I get a chance -- who knows when that will be. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!