It's laundry central today, trying to get camp clothes washed before they become mission trip clothes, and story day. While I pay attention to everything the kids tell me on the day they get home from a church youth multi-day function, like camp or convention, I've learned it's best to wait until they get a good night's sleep and then retell everything they couldn't remember telling me the day before because they were too tired! Clear as mud, right? :-) DD especially gets a touch cranky and pessimistic when she's tired, and this year she didn't fell well at camp all week. Bad enough she felt like she wanted to come home but didn't think to ask to call. And then felt sad that (yesterday) no one seemed to care. Today she told me that several people towards the end of the week asked her if she was feeling better, so it was nice to know that a few girls did care. See the difference a night's sleep in your own bed makes? :-)
Anyhow, our attention is now turned to the mission trip to Jamaica. DD is starting to feel better, and we're hoping to avoid a last-minute doctor visit before they leave Wednesday. Suitcases are being aired out, and toiletries restocked. DS has his letter from the doctor to have his EpiPen on the airplane and a full new bottle of antihistamine. Things are progressing. We have an information meeting tomorrow after church for final details. Hopefully the youth pastor will have booked tickets home by then! He told DD at camp that they are flying actually to Canada on a prop-type plane (!) and then to Jamaica because it's $100 cheaper per person. If they come home the same way, they will have an overnight lay-over in Canada. If they can come back through Atlanta, they will have a long layover there too, but not overnight. Just long enough to do some sightseeing. One student has already backed out, deciding that 10 days is too long and too far to be away from home, but my kids would have been ready to go today. Me, I'm a little nervous. :-)
I know they will have an amazing time, will put in a lot of hard work and have their eyes opened in ways they never imagined. I'm just praying that they will be safe and will be Christ's hands as they spend these 10 days doing His work.
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i don't have kids but i do have 2 sets of twins that also have 2 other siblings. (4 kids per home) and all have gone on my trips so i can only imagine the laundry goings on at the home.
i left for a week of camp with my students, came back for a day then left again for another trip.
4 loads of laundry later...and that's just for me.
God bless the mom.
:-D DS just brought me more laundry he found in a zipper part of his suitcase. Times like this, I'm glad the laundry is in the basement! haha They actually left a lot of their work clothes in Jamaica to be washed and given to the locals. But it was so hot and they sweat so much, I almost feel like I need to wash everything twice. Small price to pay for wonderful experiences like camps and mission trips!
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